Chinese Herbal Medicine Usage Reduces Overall Mortality in HIV-Infected Patients With Osteoporosis or Fractures

• Main Authors: Mao-Wang Ho (Author), Te-Mao Li (Author), Ju-Pi Li (Author), Jian-Shiun Chiou (Author), Mu-Lin Chiu (Author), Chao-Jung Chen (Author), Chi-Fung Cheng (Author), Fuu-Jen Tsai (Author), Yang-Chang Wu (Author), Ting-Hsu Lin (Author), Chiu-Chu Liao (Author), Shao-Mei Huang (Author), Yu-Ning Lin (Author), Chen-Hsing Chou (Author), Wen-Miin Liang (Author), Ying-Ju Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The survival of patients with HIV has greatly improved, due to Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART). However, long-term HIV survivors often develop serious bone abnormalities, possibly due to the interplay of osteoblasts, osteoclasts, HIV ad ART. We evaluated in a nation-wide study in Taiwan the effect of...