Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Patients with human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection develop a lipodystrophic syndrome characterised by accumulation of central fat both in visceral and in subcutaneous compartment. In recent studies approximately 20% of male patients with HIV-related lipodystrophy presented an inadequate peak of GH secretion in response to GHRH-arginine testing, which is strongly inversely related to visceral adipose tissue-(VAT).Aim of the study...