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3.7 How HIV leads to neurological disease
Author(s) -
Brew Bruce J,
Wesselingh Steven L,
Gonzales Michael,
Heyes Melvyn P,
Price Richard W
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb94148.x
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , dementia , disease , neuroscience , medicine , virology , psychology , pathology
AIDS dementia complex affects about 20% of people with HIV. It and some other neurological disorders seem to be caused by the virus itself, via cellular interactions that are only now beginning to be identified.