Cerebrospinal fluid viral load is related to cortical atrophy and not to intracerebral calcifications in children with symptomatic HIV disease

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 390-397

  Brouwers, Pim ^a,e   Civitello, Lucy ^a,c   DeCarli, Charles ^b   Wolters, Pamela ^a,d   Sei, Shizuko ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Medical Illness Counseling Center   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system disease; Cerebrospinal fluid analysis; Computed tomography brain scans; Encephalopathy; Pediatric HIV infection; Viral load

Indexed keywords

DIDANOSINE; VIRUS RNA; ZALCITABINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0033817788     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13550280009018303     Document Type: Article

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