Polyradiculoneuropathy in transfusion-associated AIDS and dorsal root pathology.
A 68-year-old woman developed a clinical picture of a painful subacute polyradiculoneuropathy. Her condition improved dramatically after treatment with plasmapheresis. A few months later she was found to have serologic evidence for the human immunodeficiency virus. This infection was traced to a contaminated transfusion received three years earlier. Postmortem studies disclosed pathology affecting mainly dorsal roots.
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Loar
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DePriest
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Sermas
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Merritt
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000209:etiology*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction