Document 0053
 DOCN  M9460053
 TI    Human immunodeficiency virus-related headache.
 DT    9408
 AU    Brew BJ; Miller J; Centre for Immunology, St. Vincent's Hospital,
       Sydney, Australia.
 SO    Neurology. 1993 Jun;43(6):1098-100. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94224330
 AB    We retrospectively assessed the frequency and clinical characteristics
       of headache occurring in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected
       patients in whom we had excluded all other causes, and determined the
       frequency of a similar headache in an HIV-negative group. Over a 1-year
       period, the HIV-related headache occurred in 2.8% of total admissions to
       the HIV service as opposed to 0.2% of admissions to the neurology
       service. The affected patients had advanced HIV infection (CD4+ cell
       count = 58.9 +/- 80.3; normal, > 500 x 10(-6)/l). The headache had
       features similar to those ascribed to HIV aseptic meningitis and was not
       related to the presence of AIDS dementia complex or its subsequent
       development over a 6-month follow-up. We propose that this is a distinct
       clinical entity related to HIV infection that is similar, if not
       identical, to HIV aseptic meningitis except for the lack of a CSF
       pleocytosis, probably reflecting the lymphocyte depletion that is
       characteristic of the more advanced state of HIV infection.
 DE    AIDS Dementia Complex/COMPLICATIONS  Follow-Up Studies
       Headache/*ETIOLOGY  Human  HIV Infections/*COMPLICATIONS  Retrospective
       Studies  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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