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Article: AIDS Patients with Serious Complications Benefit from Early Retroviral Use, Stanford Study Shows.(Clinical report)
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- May 16, 2009
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STANFORD, Calif. -- HIV-positive patients who don't seek medical attention until they have a serious AIDS-related condition can reduce their risk of death or other complications by half if they get antiretroviral treatment early on, according to a new multicenter trial led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
The study results could lead to widespread changes in treatment for HIV patients, particularly those diagnosed at an advanced stage, experts say.
"Even in San Francisco, one of the first epicenters of HIV in the United States, we still find that many people still present late in the course of their illness with an ...