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People with HIV/hepatitis C co-infection more likely to develop osteoporosis

Date: 22-07-2010

HIV-positive people co-infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) may be more likely to develop osteoporosis (porous bones) and sustain fractures than individuals with either virus alone, according to a US study presented this week at the Eighteenth International AIDS Conference in Vienna. Roger Bedimo, from the Veterans Administration North Texas Healthcare System, looked at osteoporotic

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