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SUBMITTER: Jacobson DL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5624211 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jacobson Denise L DL Stephensen Charles B CB Miller Tracie L TL Patel Kunjal K Chen Janet S JS Van Dyke Russell B RB Mirza Ayesha A Schuster Gertrud U GU Hazra Rohan R Ellis Angela A Brummel Sean S SS Geffner Mitchell E ME Silio Margarita M Spector Stephen A SA DiMeglio Linda A LA
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 20170901 1
<h4>Background</h4>Perinatally HIV-infected (PHIV) children have, on average, lower bone mineral density (BMD) than perinatally HIV-exposed uninfected (PHEU) and healthy children. Low 25-hydroxy vitamin D [25(OH)D] and elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentrations may lead to suboptimal bone accrual.<h4>Methods</h4>PHIV and PHEU children in the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study had total body (TB) and lumbar spine (LS) BMD and bone mineral content (BMC) measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiom ...[more]