The persistence of HIV-associated neurocognitive dysfunction and the effects of comorbidities

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2052-2053

  Cohen, Ronald A ^a   Gongvatana, Assawin ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV ASSOCIATED DEMENTIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEIZURE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 78650829779     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318200d833     Document Type: Editorial

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