HIV/AIDS and the Nervous System

Volume 85
Herausgeber: Portegies, Peter; Berger, Joseph

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume in the "Handbook of Clinical Neurology" series covers the neurological aspects of HIV/AIDS. The complications of AIDS described include opportunistic infections, central nervous system tumours, spinal cord disorders, peripheral neuropathies and progressive encephalopathy. The advances in molecular biology and the advent of other investigative techniques are described that have transformed the understanding of the basic mechanisms of the disease and the development of therapeutic strategies. Despite the much improved prognosis provided by antiretroviral therapy, the situation is different in the developing world and a chapter highlights the neurological aspects of HIV/AIDS as found there. This volume gives a comprehensive account invaluable both to the clinical neurologist and neuroscience researcher.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 269mm x 199mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1288g
• ISBN-13: 9780444520104
• ISBN-10: 0444520104
• Artikelnr.: 22897349

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to HIV infection and Neuro-AIDS. Neuroepidemiology of
HIV/AIDS. HIV neurology in the developing world. The neuropathogenesis of
HIV-1 infection. Neurological sequelae of primary HIV infection. AIDS
dementia complex. Neurocognitive assessment of eprsons with HIV disease.
HIV myelopathy. Peripheral neuropathy of HIV infection. Myopathy in HIV
infection. Cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS. Cryptococcal infection.
Progressive multifocal leukoencephelopathy. Other opportunistic infections
of the central nervous system in AIDS. Primary central nervous system
lymphoma. Neuroimaging of the HIV/AIDS patient. Cerebrospinal fluid markers
in central nervous system HIV infection and AIDS dementia complex. The
neuropathology of HIV. Neuropharmavology of HIV/AIDS.