Spongiform encephalopathy in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
The histological and ultrastructural findings of subacute spongiform encephalopathy (SSE) are described in the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia of a homosexual patient who died with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is suggested that SSE, beside the diffuse AIDS leukoencephalopathy, might be another morphological substrate of the AIDS dementia complex.
Institut für Neuropathologie, Freie Universität Berlin.
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Schwenk
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Cruz-Sanchez
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Gosztonyi
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Cervos-Navarro
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000473:pathology