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Impact of genetic polymorphisms on the risk of lipid disorders in patients on anti-HIV therapy.
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine - 1 Jan 2007
Bonnet Eric, Genoux Annelise, Bernard Jacques, Fauvel Josette, Massip Patrice, Perret Bertrand
Abstract excerpt
Active anti-HIV therapy can induce hypertriglyceridemia, low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and insulin resistance, eventually accompanied by clinical lipodystrophy, associated loss of subcutaneous adipose tissue and an increase in abdominal adiposity. The frequency of these metabolic disorders is approximately 50% and host genetic factors might confer particular susceptibility. Variants of apolipoproteins (apo)...
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