Objective assessment of facial lipoatrophy changes in a cohort of HIV infected patients taking combination antiretroviral therapy

• Main Authors: Yong, Yang, Yap, Marline, Naing Oo Tha, Paton, Nicholas I
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Taylor and Francis Ltd. 2008
• Subjects: RC581-951 Specialties of internal medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31646/1/Objective%20assessment%20of%20facial%20lipoatrophy%20changes%20in%20a%20cohort%20of%20HIV%20infected%20patients%20taking%20combination%20antiretroviral%20therapy.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31646/2/Objective%20assessment%20of%20facial%20lipoatrophy%20changes%20in%20a%20cohort%20of%20HIV%20infected%20patients%20taking%20combination%20antiretroviral%20therapy_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31646/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1310/hct0906-399; https://doi.org/10.1310/hct0906-399

Background: An objective method is needed for assessing facial fat changes in HIV-infected patients. Objective: To measure facial fat changes using three-dimensional laser scans (LS) and examine the relationship with clinically assessed lipoatrophy changes and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)...