Open AccessNeurologic Complications of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Author(s) -
Deanna Saylor
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
continuum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.989
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1538-6899
pISSN - 1080-2371
DOI - 10.1212/con.0000000000000647
Subject(s) - medicine , immunology , immunosuppression , intensive care medicine , neurocognitive , pediatrics , psychiatry , cognition
Widespread use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has led to near-normal life expectancy in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. However, neurologic complications of HIV remain common; can affect any part of the neuraxis; and are due to direct effects of the virus, immunosuppression because of untreated HIV infection, aberrant immune responses in the setting of ART initiation, and ART toxicities.