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Drug Used to Treat HIV Linked to Lower Bone Mass in Newborns

NIH study finds mothers’ use of tenofovir tied to lower bone mineral content in babies

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015.  Infants exposed in the womb to a drug used to treat HIV and reduce the transmission of HIV from mother to child, may have lower bone mineral content than those exposed to other anti-HIV drugs, according to a National Institutes of Health study.

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Researchers found that pregnant women who received the drug tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in…

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