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Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases 3/2014

Open Access 01-05-2014 | Poster presentation

Peripheral arterial disease in antiretroviral therapy naïve HIV infected patients – an experience from eastern India

Authors: Dibbendhu Khanra, Arunansu Talukdar, Manjari Saha, Ashutosh Dey

Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases | Special Issue 3/2014

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HIV induced endothelial dysfunction leads to premature atherosclerosis which may manifest as peripheral arterial disease (PAD) of lower limbs. Studies are not available on prevalence of PAD among antiretroviral therapy (ART) naïve HIV infected population. Our objective was to explore the prevalence of PAD among HIV seropositive cases, and to determine relation of PAD with HIV infectivity and its correlation with CD4 count. …
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Title
Peripheral arterial disease in antiretroviral therapy naïve HIV infected patients – an experience from eastern India
Authors
Dibbendhu Khanra
Arunansu Talukdar
Manjari Saha
Ashutosh Dey
Publication date
01-05-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases / Issue Special Issue 3/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-S3-P50

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