Screening for HIV-associated dementia in South Africa: Potentials and pitfalls of task-shifting

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 587-593

  Robbins, Reuben N ^a   Remien, Robert H ^a   Mellins, Claude A ^a   Joska, John A ^b   Stein, Dan J ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIV ASSOCIATED DEMENTIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL HIV DEMENTIA SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SOUTH AFRICA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053387827     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2011.0154     Document Type: Article

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