Degenerative and inflammatory lesions in sympathetic ganglia: Further morphological evidence for an autonomic neuropathy in AIDS

Journal of Neuro-AIDS

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 67-82

  Chimelli, Leila ^a   Martins, A R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Autonomic neuropathy; HIV; Pathology; Sympathetic ganglion

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PTOSIS; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0036947274     PISSN: 10697438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J128v02n03_05     Document Type: Article

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