Clinical and experimental nephrology
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Clin. Exp. Nephrol. · Nov 2019
Prevalence of chronic kidney disease among HIV-1-infected patients receiving a combination antiretroviral therapy.
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become one of the most frequent non-infectious comorbidities in the aging HIV-infected population on long-standing combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). ⋯ There is a significant prevalence of CKD among HIV-infected persons in association with both traditional and HIV-specific risk factors, requiring a careful periodic monitoring of renal function in these patients.