title: AIDS--associated predominantly sensory neuropathy. The role of herpes viruses.
abstract: Three patients with predominantly sensory neuropathy in course of HIV-1 infection are reported. In all cases ultrastructural examination showed herpes virus-like particles in the axoplasmic matrix of myelinated fibers and in endoneurial macrophages. In 2 cases clinical patterns of posterior column involvement were observed.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Neurologia, Università di Verona.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bonetti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Monaco
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cavallaro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Polo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Perri
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Danzi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malena
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luzzati
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cruciani
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology