Open AccessStudy to assess the prevalence, nature and extent of cognitive impairment in people living with AIDS
Author(s) -
Karthigaipriya Muniyandi,
J. Venkatesan,
T Arutselvi,
Vishalakshi Jayaseelan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.99534
Subject(s) - dementia , wechsler adult intelligence scale , medicine , asymptomatic , cognition , psychiatry , cognitive impairment , population , disease , pediatrics , memory clinic , wechsler memory scale , clinical psychology , environmental health
HIV directly affects the brain and produces varied psychiatric manifestations. 10-30% of patients with AIDS were found to have cognitive impairment and the virus is isolated in the CSF in 70% of AIDS patients.