Multimodality evoked potentials in HIV infected subjects: a longitudinal study.
18 subjects with symptomless HIV infection were investigated with multimodal evoked potentials for possible CNS involvement and again after an 8-12 month interval. 13 subjects showed neuropsychological changes, which were confirmed at the second examination. The 5 subjects found normal remained so at the second examination. On WAIS assessment the only patient to earn pathological scores was the one with the greatest evoked potentials changes. Thus the evoked potentials procedure proved capable of identifying early CNS involvement by HIV infection.
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Istituto di Clinica Psichiatrica, Università degli Studi di Milano.
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Russo
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Rossini
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Nicolosi
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D000328:Adult; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology*; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / Q000502:physiology*; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011930:Reaction Time