Osteonecrosis in patients infected with HIV: clinical epidemiology and natural history in a large case series from Spain

• Published in: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) Vol. 42; no. 3; p. 286
• Main Authors: Gutiérrez, Félix, Padilla, Sergio, Masiá, Mar, Flores, Juan, Boix, Vicente, Merino, Esperanza, Galindo, Josefa, Ortega, Enrique, López-Aldeguer, José, Galera, Carlos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2006
• Subjects: Adult; Disease Susceptibility; Female; HIV Infections - complications; HIV Infections - drug therapy; HIV Infections - epidemiology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Osteonecrosis - complications; Osteonecrosis - epidemiology; Spain - epidemiology; Spain

There is a paucity of data on clinical epidemiology of osteonecrosis in HIV-infected patients. We aimed to describe patients' characteristics and natural history of this poorly known condition. All cases of symptomatic HIV-related osteonecrosis diagnosed from 1990 through 2003 in 19 Spanish cli...