Lipodystrophy is a medical condition characterized by complete or partial loss of adipose
tissue. Not infrequently, lipodystrophy occurs in combination with pathological accumulation …

Introduction: Lipodystrophy is a term used to describe a metabolic complication of fat loss, fat
gain, or a combination of fat loss and gain, which is associated with some antiretroviral …

It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that efforts to optimize nutritional status
through individualized medical nutrition therapy, assurance of food and nutrition security …

The in vitro micronucleus test is a well-known test for the screening of genotoxic compounds.
However until now, most studies have been performed on either human peripheral …

Background HIV-associated lipodystrophy syndrome (HALS) is characterized by insulin
resistance, abnormal lipid metabolism and redistribution of body fat. To date, there has been …

Metformin (dimethyl-biguanide) is an insulin-sensitizing agent that lowers fasting plasma-
insulin concentration, wherefore it's wide use for patients with a variety of insulin-resistant …

Introducción: la metformina es una biguanida que disminuye gluconeogénesis e incrementa
la recaptación de glucosa en los músculos, sin embargo, más allá del glucémico se han …

Introduction: Even though wasting used to characterize patients with HIV infection prior to
the antiretroviral therapy (ART) era, obesity is becoming increasingly prevalent in this …

Background: It is known that there are different metabolic phenotypes associated with
obesity, each of them imposing distinct cardiovascular risk. Metformin is a drug with wide …

Introduction: the metformin is a biguanide which main action is to decrease hepatic glucose
output, primarily by decreasing gluconeogenesis, and increase glucose uptake by muscles …