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High frequency of Fredrickson's phenotypes IV and IIb in Brazilians infected by human immunodeficiency virus.
BMC infectious diseases - 14 Jun 2005
Albuquerque Edilma M V, de Faria Eliana C, Oliveira Helena C F, Magro Daniela O, Castilho Lucia N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is very prevalent in Brazil. HIV therapy has been recently associated with coronary heart disease (CHD). Dyslipidemia is a major risk factor for CHD that is frequently described in HIV positive patients, but very few studies have been conducted in Brazilian patients evaluating their lipid profiles. METHODS: In the present work, we evaluated the frequency...
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