Abstracts tagged "immune deficiency and infection"

Abstract Number: 270 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
HIV Infection and Avascular Necrosis in the Antiretroviral Era
Yasir Abdulqader¹, Muhsen Al-ani² and Konstantinos Parperis³, ¹Internal Medicine, Maricopa Integrated health system, Phoenix, AZ, ²Internal Medicine, Maricopa Integrated Health System and University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix Campus, phoenix, AZ, ³Rheumatology, Maricopa Integrated Health System and University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix Campus, phoenix, AZ
Background/Purpose: Infection with the HIV has been associated with an increased risk of developing avascular necrosis (AVN), however there are only few studies in the…