Osteoporosis Prevalence in Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Its Correlation Between CD4(+) T Cell Levels


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TERLEMEZ R., Ciftci S., Gunerli M., Dogu B., Yilmaz F., Kuran B.

TURK OSTEOPOROZ DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF OSTEOPOROSIS, cilt.27, sa.1, ss.20-23, 2021 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier identifier

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Objective: Osteopenia and osteoporosis are frequent comorbidities observed in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of reduced bone mineral density among male patients with HIV and correlation between disease activity and bone mineral density by using Cluster of Differentiation 4 (CD4)(+) T cell levels.