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Predictors of Treatment Response to Tesamorelin, a Growth Hormone-Releasing Factor Analog, in HIV-Infected Patients with Excess Abdominal Fat

BACKGROUND: Tesamorelin, a synthetic analog of human growth hormone-releasing factor, decreases visceral adipose tissue (VAT) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with lipodystrophy. OBJECTIVES: 1) To evaluate the utility of patient characteristics and validated disease-risk score...

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Autores principales: Mangili, Alexandra, Falutz, Julian, Mamputu, Jean-Claude, Stepanians, Miganush, Hayward, Brooke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4601733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26457580
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140358