Seizures in HIV/AIDS: A southern African perspective

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 112, Issue 181, 2005, Pages 4-7

  Bhigjee, Ahmed I ^a  

^a INKOSI ALBERT LUTHULI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; Antiepileptic drug; Highly active antiretroviral therapy; HIV; Management; Neurologic disease; Seizure; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CYTOCHROME P450; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIDANOSINE; FOSCARNET; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GLUCURONIDATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; SEIZURE; SOUTH AFRICA; AFRICA; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INTERACTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG COST; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEOPLASM; RASH; REVIEW;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SEIZURES;

EID: 28044456104     PISSN: 00651427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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