Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Maria Luisa Pereira Gomes

Publications

• Research Article
  Comparison of Cerebrovascular Risk between Elderly Human Immunodeficiency Virus-seropositive Patients Treated with Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy and Human Immunodeficiency Virus-seronegative Patients
  Author(s): Guilherme Rocha Pardi, Maria Luisa Pereira Gomes, Fernando Henrique Guimarães de Carvalho, Luis Gonzaga Silveira Filho, Luis Ronan M. Ferreira de Souza and Dalmo CorreiaGuilherme Rocha Pardi, Maria Luisa Pereira Gomes, Fernando Henrique Guimarães de Carvalho, Luis Gonzaga Silveira Filho, Luis Ronan M. Ferreira de Souza and Dalmo Correia
  
  Introduction: The current era of AIDS is characterized by an aging of population and increase in the incidence of non-acquired immune deficiency syndrome-related diseases. The aim of the present study was to compare the cerebrovascular risk in elderly HIV(+) patients under HAART therapy with seronegative elderly. Materials and method: This transversal study was performed between January 2011 and December 2013, and evaluated 2 groups of individuals older than 60 years. The first group included elderly HIV(+) patients who had been receiving HAART for over 1 year, and the second group included elderly HIV(−) patients. To detect cerebrovascular risk in groups, anthropometric assessments (body mass index and waist circumference), clinical evaluations (Framingham score), and laboratory assessments (carotid Doppler ultrasonography and brain magnetic resonance.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000538

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