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AIDS encephalopathy.

Neurol Clin. 1986 Feb;4(1):285-301. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/86257039
Price RW; Navia BA; Cho ES

Abstract: It is now recognized that AIDS is frequently complicated by a progressive encephalopathy characterized by dementia and motor dysfunction. This article reviews the early and late clinical features of this disorder and examines current evidence that it is due to direct brain infection by the retrovirus that causes AIDS.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/ ETIOLOGY America Brain Diseases/*COMPLICATIONS/PATHOLOGY Child Child, Preschool Dementia/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY Europe Human Male Support, Non-U.S. Gov't JOURNAL ARTICLE

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