Article
[Kidney and HIV infection].
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) - 1 Mar 2012
Plaisier Emmanuelle, Lescure François-Xavier, Ronco Pierre
Abstract excerpt
Screening of chronic kidney disease (CKD) that includes estimation of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and evaluation proteinuria should be performed in all HIV-infected patients and these parameters have to be monitored annually in patients at higher risk for CKD. Black patients have a genetic predisposition to develop HIV-associated nephropathy. Suppression of HIV viral replication with antiretroviral...
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