Assessment of neuroAIDS in Africa

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 7-16

  Robertson, Kevin R ^a,b   Kopnisky, Kathy ^a   Mielke, Jens ^a   Appiah, Kuku ^a   Hall, Colin ^a   Price, Richard ^a   Kumwenda, Johnstone ^a   Kanyama, Cecelia ^a   Amod, Farida ^a   Marra, Christina ^a   Taylor, Terrie ^a   Lalloo, Umesh ^a   Jelsma, Jennifer ^a   Holding, Penny ^a   Boivin, Michael ^a   Birbeck, Gretchen ^a   Nakasujja, Noelene ^a   Sanne, Ian ^a   Parsons, Thomas D ^a   Parente, Amanda ^a   Tucker, Karen ^a   more..

^a Assessment of NeuroAIDS in Africa Conference ^*  (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIDANOSINE; EFAVIRENZ; EMTRICITABINE; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; RIFAMPICIN; STAVUDINE; ZALCITABINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN MALARIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; GLIOMA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MITOCHONDRIAL TOXICITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSYPHILIS; NEUROTOXICITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STROKE; SYPHILIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFRICA; AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; CULTURE; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RESEARCH SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 20844452241     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13550280590922711     Document Type: Review

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