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Neurological presentations of AIDS--when to test for HIV.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2614762     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Nine of 122 patients dead from AIDS in central London presented with neurological disease, confirmed pathologically in seven. Seven had no other major systemic manifestations. AIDS needs to be considered in the differential diagnosis of meningitis, dementia, diffuse and focal encephalopathies, brainstem syndromes, myelopathy, visual failure and peripheral nerve syndromes. As AIDS becomes more widespread there will be an increasing need for diagnostic HIV testing in many neurological syndromes.
Authors:
G N Fuller; R J Guiloff; B Gazzard; J N Harcourt-Webster; F Scarvilli
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine     Volume:  82     ISSN:  0141-0768     ISO Abbreviation:  J R Soc Med     Publication Date:  1989 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1990-02-27     Completed Date:  1990-02-27     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7802879     Medline TA:  J R Soc Med     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  717-20     Citation Subset:  IM; X    
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Westminster Hospital, London.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
AIDS Dementia Complex / etiology
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
Adult
Blindness / complications
Brain / radiography
Brain Neoplasms / etiology,  radiography
Humans
Lymphoma / etiology,  radiography
Male
Meningitis / etiology
Middle Aged
Myelitis / complications
Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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