title: [Neurological complications in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: experience at the Hospital Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho-Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro].
abstract: The frequency of neurological manifestations was evaluated in 653 HIV infected patients admitted in a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil, in the 1985-1989 period. A total of 172 (26%) patients developed neurological symptoms. Central nervous system complications included: cerebral toxoplasmosis (80), cryptococcal meningitis (57), subacute encephalitis (17), tuberculosis (8) and aseptic meningitis (2), progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (2) and vacuolar myelopathy (6). Peripheral neuropathy occurred in three cases. The clinical and tomographic aspects were analysed. The majority of the patients died within six months after the onset of the neurological disease.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Puccioni-Sohler
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Corrêa
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schechter
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramos Filho
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Novis
mesh_terms: D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Complicações neurológicas da síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida: experiência do HUCFF-UFRJ.