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Myopathy and HIV infection.

Abstract
Skeletal muscle involvement may occur at all stages of HIV infection. The most simple classification of muscular disorders in HIV-infected patients is 1) HIV-associated myopathies, 2) zidovudine myopathy, 3) HIV wasting syndrome, and 4) opportunistic infections and tumoral infiltrations of muscle. Immunohistology for major histocompatibility complex class I antigen and histochemical reaction for cytochrome c oxidase are helpful in correctly classifying a myopathy as HIV polymyositis or zidovudine myopathy. Studies of cytokine expression in HIV-infected patients and of supplementation with compounds such as carnitine or micronutrients such as selenium might yield new insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of the various AIDS-associated muscular disorders.
AuthorsP Chariot, R Gherardi
JournalCurrent opinion in rheumatology (Curr Opin Rheumatol) Vol. 7 Issue 6 Pg. 497-502 (Nov 1995) ISSN: 1040-8711 [Print] United States
PMID8579969 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
Topics
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections (complications, diagnosis)
  • Animals
  • HIV Infections (complications, diagnosis, virology)
  • Humans
  • Muscular Diseases (diagnosis, virology)

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