[EEG findings during the course of HIV infection].
Clinical neurological complications in HIV-infection (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) are seen in later stages of the disease. EEGs of 186 patients in different stages of HIV-infection and of 44 HIV-seronegative volunteers (total of 566 recordings) were evaluated visually; this revealed an increasing appearance of CNS-dysfunction (slowing of background activity, focal and diffuse CNS-dysfunction) associated with a progression of the disease. Slowing of background activity was already found in early stages of HIV-infection. Additional focal and diffuse changes in the electrical activity of the brain are also seen with progression of the infection (LAS/ARC-AIDS). The correlation between these electroencephalographic changes and HIV related clinical symptoms are non specific however, EEG recordings can be a valuable aid in following CNS-dysfunction during the course of HIV-infection.
Schnurbus
R
R
Abteilung für Neurologie, Klinikums Rudolf Virchow, Freien Universität Berlin.
Könneke
J
J
Friedrich-Jännicke
B
B
Flessenkämper
S
S
Bienzle
U
U
Girke
W
W
D000386:AIDS-Related Complex / Q000175:diagnosis; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
EEG-Befunde im Verlauf der HIV-Infektion.