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Renal disease is a common complication in patients with HIV and can result from direct kidney infection with HIV, drugs used to treat HIV/opportunistic infections, or prerenal issues. HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN) is a type of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis seen in HIV+ patients. It presents as proteinuria, azotemia, normotension, normal to large kidneys on ultrasound. HAART and ACE inhibitors can slow progression to end-stage renal disease, but the disease often progresses rapidly without treatmen

Author

Malueth Angui

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