Human immunodeficiency virus associated central nervous system infections
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Human immunodeficiency virus and the central nervous system.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to infect large numbers of people, including children, worldwide. The virus produces much of its clinical impact by infecting cellular components of the immune system. However, HIV also has the propensity to infect the brain, where it can induce substantial pathology and impair brain function. Highly active antiretroviral therapy has reduced the seve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Practical Neurology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1474-7758,1474-7766
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-7766.2005.00345.x