Document 2903
 DOCN  M94A2903
 TI    AIDS dementia complex: a study of 20 patients.
 DT    9412
 AU    Stavrianeas N; Kivellos S; Retzos M; Samartzis D; Chatzivasiliou M;
       Stratigos J; Unit of specific infectious diseases, A. Sygros Hospital,
       Athens,; Greece.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):199 (abstract no. PB0225). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369672
 AB    OBJECTIVES: Symptoms and signs of AIDS-Dementia Complex and the the way
       they appear. METHODS: Twenty patients hospitalized in A. Sygros hospital
       with a diagnosis of AIDS-Dementia have been studied. The clinical &
       neurological examination, the neuropsychological evaluation, the blood &
       CSF serological tests, the brain CT and MRI were used for the
       establishment of the diagnosis. The finding are compared to the
       patients' immunological status. RESULTS: AIDS Dementia Complex occurs in
       patients with a low CD4 status. This was noticed at almost all of our
       patients. The time passed between the occurrence of AIDS (stage IV, CDC
       1992) and the appearance of AIDS Dementia Complex was not significantly
       different in our patients under AZT treatment (600 mg/day) and those
       under no antiretroviral treatment.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/DRUG THERAPY  AIDS Dementia
       Complex/*DIAGNOSIS/METABOLISM  Brain/PATHOLOGY/RADIOGRAPHY  Human  HIV
       Antibodies/ANALYSIS  Leukocyte Count  Magnetic Resonance Imaging
       Neuropsychological Tests  Tomography, X-Ray Computed  T4 Lymphocytes
       Zidovudine/THERAPEUTIC USE  MEETING ABSTRACT

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