title: Medical management of AIDS patients. Central and peripheral nervous system abnormalities.
abstract: This article discusses the wide range of neurologic complications of HIV infection according to degree of advancement of systemic HIV disease. The focus is principally on those disorders that appear at least in part to be directly related to HIV: AIDS dementia complex, peripheral neuropathy, and myopathy. Unusual disturbances such as seizures and transient neurologic disorders are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, St. Vincent's Medical Centre, Kensington, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Brew
mesh_terms: D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex / Q000175:diagnosis; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors