Clinical neuropathy in HIV/AIDS: An eight-year review of hospitalized patients in Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 133-135

  Isezuo, S A ^a   Sani, A Z ^a   Ezunu, E ^a   Maiyaki, S ^a   Njoku, C H ^a   Obembe, A ^b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALITIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; MORBIDITY; MYELITIS; MYOPATHY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROPATHY; NIGERIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POPULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67650351995     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.080313     Document Type: Article

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