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Leukocyte Telomere Length in HIV-Infected Pregnant Women Treated With Antiretroviral Drugs During Pregnancy and Their Uninfected Infants
11 May 2012
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OBJECTIVES: HIV disease can lead to accelerated telomere attrition, although certain drugs used as part of antiretroviral therapy (ART) can inhibit telomerase reverse transcriptase activity. This could in turn lead to shorter telomeres. We hypothesized that HIV and ART exposure would be associated with shorter leukocyte telomere length (TL) in exposed mother/infant pairs compared with controls. METHODS: In these...
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