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Weight loss, anorexia, metabolic disorder and malabsorption are leading symptoms of HIV infection. Recent data help us to understand wasting as being intrinsically linked to immunodysregulation and enteropathy. In therapy, the role played by anabolic steroids and growth hormone has been newly defined. The new antiviral drugs may efficiently prevent clinical progression, including wasting. New metabolic side effects have, however, been encountered.
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