title: No antibodies to HTLV-I and HIV in patients with dementia in Finland.
abstract: Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have often progressive dementia. Human T cell lymphotropic virus Type I (HTLV-I) infection has not been reported to cause dementia. We tested antibodies to HTLV-I and HIV in serum and cerebrospinal fluid in 69 Finnish patients referred because of dementia to an outpatient department of neurology. No antibodies to HTLV-I and HIV were detected in patients with the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, secondary dementia due to a specific cause, or in cases of atypical dementia.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000276:immunology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000276:immunology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D017977:Deltaretrovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D006800:Deltaretrovirus Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006678:HIV / Q000276:immunology*; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D015483:HIV Antibodies