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Inflammatory and Coagulation Biomarkers and Mortality in Patients with HIV Infection

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2008

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Lewis H. Kuller, Russell P. Tracy, Waldo Belloso, Stéphane De Wit, Fraser Drummond, H. Clifford Lane, Bruno Ledergerber, Jens Lundgren, Jacqueline Neuhaus, Daniel E. Nixon,
PLoS Medicine

Abstract

IL-6 and D-dimer were strongly related to all-cause mortality. Interrupting ART may further increase the risk of death by raising IL-6 and D-dimer levels. Therapies that reduce the inflammatory response to HIV and decrease IL-6 and D-dimer levels may warrant investigation.

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