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1 maj 2019 · Introduction. Before the era of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVd), HIV infection was a deadly disease that was characterized by a slow progression to AIDS and death, often from co-infection due to an...
Although retroviral therapy (ART) has changed the HIV infection from a fatal event to a chronic disease, treated HIV patients demonstrate high prevalence of HIV associated comorbidities including cardio/cerebrovascular diseases. The incidence of stroke in HIV infected subjects is three times higher than that of uninfected controls.
The risk was higher for cerebral infarction (OR 3·4, 95% CI 1·1–8·9) than for cerebral haemorrhage (OR 1·3, 95% CI 0·3–6·4). 11 (44%) of 25 patients with HIV who had had a stroke had a coagulopathy (protein S deficiency) or meningitis. 22 A population-based study from Baltimore, MD, USA (1988–91) that identified 12 patients who had ...
Stroke is a heterogeneous disease in persons living with HIV (PLWH). HIV is thought to increase the risk of stroke through both HIV-related and traditional stroke risk factors, which vary with respect to the patient’s age and clinical characteristics.
11 wrz 2003 · The authors assigned stroke etiology to 30 patients as follows, in descending order of frequency: “coagulopathies” (mostly protein S deficiency), meningitis, cardioembolism, and hypertension.
2 dni temu · In this issue of Brain, Calcagno and colleagues 2 describe the effects of HIV on the CNS during primary infection, adding to our understanding of the impact of this retrovirus on the brain. During the early stages of HIV infection, known as primary HIV infection, individuals may present with an encephalopathy, which is an emergency indication ...
17 mar 2017 · Clear lesion-induced changes occur in brain structure and function early after stroke, which result in an environment with unique heightened plasticity that can support restoration of function,...
