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HIV and dementia: prevalence and risk factors

Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde, 2016
Objective: To determine the prevalence of patients at risk of developing HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) and identify factors possibly associated with its occurence.
Lara Gurgel Fernandes Távora, Thais Martins Figueiredo, Ramille Moitas Krammer de Mesquita, Fernando Ricarte Bezerra, Bruno Pinheiro Aquino, Jeová Keny de Baima Colares   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of location on satisfaction with dementia services amongst people with dementia and their informal carers: a comparative evaluation of a community-based and a clinic-based memory service [PDF]

, 2007
Background: The development of effective medication for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease led to an expansion in the use of memory clinics ther clinic-based services for the delivery and monitoring of the drugs.
Gibson, Grant, Wattis, John, Timlin, Alison, Curran, Stephen   +3 more
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The lives of terminally ill people with neuropsychiatric complications of AIDS

Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2016
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Gaurav Datta
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Speech Perception and Dichotic Listening Are Associated With Hearing Thresholds and Cognition, Respectively, in Unaided Presbycusis

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2022
Presbycusis or age-related hearing loss is a prevalent condition in the elderly population, which affects oral communication, especially in background noise, and has been associated with social isolation, depression, and cognitive decline.
Mariela C. Torrente, Rodrigo Vergara, Rodrigo Vergara, Felipe N. Moreno-Gómez, Alexis Leiva, Alexis Leiva, Simón San Martin, Simón San Martin, Chama Belkhiria, Chama Belkhiria, Bruno Marcenaro, Bruno Marcenaro, Carolina Delgado, Carolina Delgado, Paul H. Delano, Paul H. Delano, Paul H. Delano, Paul H. Delano   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increased peroxynitrite activity in AIDS dementia complex: implications for the neuropathogenesis of HIV-1 infection.

Journal of Immunology, 1999
Oxidative stress is suggested to be involved in several neurodegenerative diseases. One mechanism of oxidative damage is mediated by peroxynitrite, a neurotoxic reaction product of superoxide anion and nitric oxide.
L. Boven, Lucio Gomes, C. Héry, F. Gray, J. Verhoef, P. Portegies, M. Tardieu, H. Nottet   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Aids Dementia Complex

Neurologic Clinics, 1999
Abstract Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may involve the brain directly and lead to a subcortical dementia, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) dementia complex (ADC). It is perhaps the most important neurologic complication of HIV disease because it is so disabling but potentially treatable.
openaire   +4 more sources

Interleukin-6 and granulocyte macrophage-csf in the cerebrospinal fluid from hiv infected subjects with involvement of the central nervous system

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1992
We detected the cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6) and granulocyte macrophage-CSF (GM-CSF) by ELISA in the CSF and serum of 30 HIV-infected patients classified as AIDS dementia complex (ADC), and 20 subjects with other neurological diseases (OND).
O. Perrella, M. Guerriero, E. Izzo, M. Soscia, P. B. Carrieri   +4 more
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HIV-1-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders: Is HLA-C Binding Stability to β2-Microglobulin a Missing Piece of the Pathogenetic Puzzle?

Frontiers in Neurology, 2018
AIDS dementia complex (ADC) and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) are complications of HIV-1 infection. Viral infections are risk factors for the development of neurodegenerative disorders.
Donato Zipeto, Michela Serena, Simona Mutascio, Francesca Parolini, Erica Diani, Elisabetta Guizzardi, Valentina Muraro, Emanuela Lattuada, Sebastiano Rizzardo, Marina Malena, Massimiliano Lanzafame, Giovanni Malerba, Maria Grazia Romanelli, Stefano Tamburin, Davide Gibellini   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neurocognitive function in HIV-infected persons with asymptomatic cryptococcal antigenemia: a comparison of three prospective cohorts

BMC Neurology, 2017
Background HIV-infected persons with detectable cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) in blood have increased morbidity and mortality compared with HIV-infected persons who are CrAg-negative.
Martha P. Montgomery, Noeline Nakasujja, Bozena M. Morawski, Radha Rajasingham, Joshua Rhein, Elizabeth Nalintya, Darlisha A. Williams, Kathy Huppler Hullsiek, Agnes Kiragga, Melissa A. Rolfes, Renee Donahue Carlson, Nathan C. Bahr, Kate E. Birkenkamp, Yukari C. Manabe, Paul R. Bohjanen, Jonathan E. Kaplan, Andrew Kambugu, David B. Meya, David R. Boulware, on behalf of the COAT and ORCAS Trial Teams   +19 more
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Maintaining personhood and self-image in dementia : an exploration of collaborative communication [PDF]

, 2010
The main aim of this thesis was to explore the maintenance of personhood and self-image in dementia by way of facilitating collaborative communication between people with dementia and their caregivers/interaction partners.
Ellis, Maggie P.
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