Motor neuron disease and HIV-1 infection in a 30-year-old HIV-positive heroin abuser: A causal relationship?

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 131-135

  Galassi, G ^a,c   Gentilini, M ^a   Ferrart, S ^b   Ficarra, G ^a   Zonari, P ^a   Mongiardo, N ^a   Tommelleri, G ^b   Di Rienzo, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIDS; Fiber atrophy; HIV 1 infection; Lower motor neuron; Motor neuron disease (MND)

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DIAMORPHINE; LIPOFUSCIN; STEROID; ZALCITABINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATROPHY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE;

EID: 7144228598     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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