Tréluyer Jean-Marc, Morini Jean-Pierre, Dimet Jérome, Gorin Isabelle, Rey Elisabeth, Deleuze Jean, Ceccaldi Pierre-François, Escande Jean-Paul, Pons Gérard, Dupin Nicolas
Pharmacologie Périnatale et Pédiatrique, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin-Saint Vincent de Paul (AP-HP), Université René Descartes, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002 Dec;46(12):4009-12. doi: 10.1128/AAC.46.12.4009-4012.2002.
To assess the relationship between antiretroviral drug exposure and lipodystrophy, 69 human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patients receiving nelfinavir were investigated cross-sectionally. Lipodystrophy was defined by patients' self-report. Nelfinavir trough concentrations in plasma were significantly related to overall lipodystrophy and peripheral fat wasting scores and appeared to be an independent risk factor for lipodystrophy