Sex differences in neuropsychological performance as an effect of human immunodeficiency virus infection: A pilot study in Zambia, Africa

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 336-342

  Hestad, Knut A ^a,b,c   Menon, J Anitha ^d   Silalukey Ngoma, Mary ^e   Franklin, Donald R ^f   Imasiku, Mwiya L ^d   Kalima, Kalima ^d   Heaton, Robert K ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^e UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; clade C; HIV; neuropsychology; post CART; sex; Zambia

Indexed keywords

21 ITEM SELF REPORT SCALE; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CAMEROON; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHINA; CLADISTICS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIV ASSOCIATED DEMENTIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PILOT STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROMANIA; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859339973     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31824cc225     Document Type: Article

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