Does HIV cause cardiovascular disease?

Andrew Carr, Daniel Ory

Journal: PLoS medicine 2007;3(11):e496

PMID: 17132070

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Abstract

The authors discuss a study in PLoS Biology that investigated whether the lower levels of HDL cholesterol in patients with HIV may be due to impaired cholesterol efflux from macrophages.

Address: HIV, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases Clinical Services Unit at St. Vincent's Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030496

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MeSH Terms: Anti-Retroviral Agents, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cholesterol, HDL, HIV Infections, Humans