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Movement disorders with cerebral toxoplasmosis and AIDS
Author(s) -
Nath Avindra,
Hobson Douglas E.,
Russel Anne
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.870080119
Subject(s) - toxoplasmosis , movement disorders , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathogenesis , toxoplasma gondii , neuroscience , immunology , psychology , pathology , disease , antibody
Movement disorders occur in some patients with cerebral toxoplasmosis with HIV‐1 infection. Such movement disorders have not been described in patients with cerebral toxoplasmosis without HIV‐1 infection. This report discusses their diagnostic features, aspects of management, and possible mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of the movement disorders.