Dementia Due to HIV Infection (cont.)
Medical Author:
Florian P Thomas, MD, MA, PhD
Medical Editor:
Nestor Galvez-Jimenez, MD
Medical Editor:
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD
Medical Editor:
Helmi L Lutsep, MD
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Dementia Due to HIV Infection CausesAIDS dementia complex is caused by the HIV virus itself, not by the opportunistic infections that occur commonly in the course of the disease. We do not know exactly how the virus damages brain cells. |
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Physicians frequently encounter neurologic and psychiatric complications in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
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