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Peripheral neuropathy in patients with HIV infection: consider dual pathology.
Two HIV infected patients presented with peripheral neuropathy, in one patient this was originally ascribed to HIV associated mononeuritis multiplex and in the other to stavudine. Investigations confirmed these diagnoses and in both cases genetic analysis identified a second hereditary aetiology: in the first patient hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies and in the second her...
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Background: Cobalamin deficiency and peripheral neuropathy (PN) are commonly seen in HIV-infected adults. The level of urine methylmalonic acid (UMMA), a reliable indicator of tissue cobalamin status, was determined in HIV infected subjects with and without PN to establish this association. Methods: One hundred and ninety-eight (198) consenting HIV infected subjects with and without PN were rec...
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BACKGROUND Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is a frequent complication of chronic HIV infection. We prospectively studied individuals with primary HIV infection (<1 year after transmission) to assess the presence of and laboratory associations with PN in this early stage. METHODS Standardized examination and analysis of blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was performed in participants with laborato...
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OBJECTIVES To estimate neuropathic sign/symptom rates with initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in HIV-infected ART-naive patients, and to investigate risk factors for: peripheral neuropathy and symptomatic peripheral neuropathy (SPN), recovery from peripheral neuropathy/SPN after neurotoxic ART (nART) discontinuation, and the absence of peripheral neuropathy/SPN while on nAR...
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Neurological complications of Epstein-Barr infection are rare though well recognised. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) abnormalities may occur in up to a quarter of infected patients. The nervous system may be affected in the absence of classical glandular fever infection. The following case illustrates some of the many effects of Esptein-Barr virus on the nervous system, including aseptic meningitis,...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 1997
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-11-7-15