title: AIDS encephalopathy.
abstract: It is now recognized that AIDS is frequently complicated by a progressive encephalopathy characterized by dementia and motor dysfunction. This article reviews the early and late clinical features of this disorder and examines current evidence that it is due to direct brain infection by the retrovirus that causes AIDS.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D000569:Americas; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male