Sex Differences in the Incidence of Peripheral Neuropathy Among Kenyans Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy
Author(s) -
Sameer Mehta,
Asma Ahmed,
M. Laverty,
Robert S. Holzman,
Fred Valentine,
Sumathi Sivapalasingam
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir432
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , incidence (geometry) , hazard ratio , regimen , peripheral neuropathy , anemia , cohort , confidence interval , body mass index , surgery , diabetes mellitus , physics , optics , endocrinology
Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is common among patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited settings. We report the incidence of and risk factors for PN among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected Kenyan adults initiating ART.
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