3 結果
Since 1996, the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has caused a profound impact on the natural history of HIV-infection by promoting important and sustainable viral replication suppression and increasing survival and quality of life among seropositive patients. Nonetheless,
Problem: The appropriate approach to screening patients for early HIV-associated kidney disease is unknown. Recently, screening for microalbuminuria has been proposed; the clinical implications of finding microalbuminuria in this population are unknown, as several disease processes may contribute to
Baseline Testing: Eligible patients will be tested at the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) of Massachusetts General Hospital or at the GCRC at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). For women with regular menses, the admission will correspond to the early follicular phase. Patients will