Cognitive function in HIV-seropositive Nigerians without AIDS

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 142-146

  Salawu, Fatai K ^a   Bwala, Sunday A ^b   Wakil, Musa A ^c   Bani, Bukar ^b   Bukbuk, David N ^b   Kida, Ibrahim ^b  

^a State Specialist Hospital Maiduguri   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^c Federal Neuro Psychiatry Hospital Maiduguri   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

CD4 cell count; Cognitive function; Community Screening Instrument for Dementia; HIV infection; Immunosuppression; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CALCULATION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NIGERIA; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REGISTRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; BRAIN; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NIGERIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 39049127819     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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