title: [Neurologic complications of HIV infection in the HAART era. Rapid and efficient diagnosis].
abstract: Despite the undisputable therapeutic success of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), neurological complications of HIV-infection are still an unresolved problem. Most important are the directly HIV-associated complications, which comprise HIV-associated encephalopathy, myelopathy as well as peripheral neuropathies and muscle diseases. Among the nowadays relevant opportunistic infections are toxoplasma encephalitis and JC-virus related progressive multifocal leukencephalopathy, finally neurological complications are provoked by so called immune reconstitution phenomena. This reviews' aim is to provide a diagnostic manual leading to appropriate therapy by effective diagnostic procedures.
authors.affiliation: Neurolog. Klinik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. arendtg@uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arendt
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Haslinger
mesh_terms: D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy