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Susana Ruiz-Bilbao1,2, Sebastian Videla2,3, Ester Pascual1

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain.

HIV medicine
|July 9, 2024
PubMed
概括

神经视网膜疾病 (NRD) 在艾滋病毒感染者 (PLWH) 中非常普遍,包括未接受抗逆转录病毒治疗 (ART) 的艾滋病毒控制者. 这些发现表明NRD可能表明PLWH的眼睛衰老.

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