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Handbook of Clinical Neurology (Series Editors: Aminoff, Boller and Swaab)
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Edited By
Peter Portegies, Department of Neurology, OLVG Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Joseph Berger, Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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Handbook of Clinical Neurology,
Description
This volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology (Series Editors: Michael J. Aminoff, Department of Neurology, University of
California, San Francisco, USA; Fran ois Boller, Bethesda, USA; Dick F. Swaab, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the
Netherlands) covers the neurological aspects of HIV/AIDS. The complications of AIDS described include opportunistic infections, central
nervous system tumours, spinal cord disorders, peripheral neuropathies and progressive encephalopathy. The advances in molecular biology
and the advent of other investigative techniques are described that have transformed the understanding of the basic mechanisms of the
disease and the development of therapeutic strategies. Despite the much improved prognosis provided by antiretroviral therapy, the situation
is different in the developing world and a chapter highlights the neurological aspects of HIV/AIDS as found there. This volume gives
a comprehensive account invaluable both to the clinical neurologist and neuroscience researcher.
Contents
Introduction to HIV infection and Neuro-AIDS. Neuroepidemiology of HIV/AIDS. HIV neurology in the developing world. The neuropathogenesis
of HIV-1 infection. Neurological sequelae of primary HIV infection. AIDS dementia complex. Neurocognitive assessment of eprsons with
HIV disease. HIV myelopathy. Peripheral neuropathy of HIV infection. Myopathy in HIV infection. Cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS. Cryptococcal
infection. Progressive multifocal leukoencephelopathy. Other opportunistic infections of the central nervous system in AIDS. Primary
central nervous system lymphoma. Neuroimaging of the HIV/AIDS patient. Cerebrospinal fluid markers in central nervous system HIV infection
and AIDS dementia complex. The neuropathology of HIV. Neuropharmavology of HIV/AIDS.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 384 pages, publication date: JUL-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-52010-4
ISBN-10: 0-444-52010-4
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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Last update: 25 Nov 2009
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