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HIV/AIDS and the Nervous System
About this book
This volume provides a comprehensive understanding of HIV/AIDS and neuro-AIDS, including a history of the disease, and an explanation of many of the conditions that can arise in afflicted patients, including opportunistic infections, central nervous system tumors, spinal cord disorders, myopathies and progressive encephalopathy, amongst others.Clinicians will gain a greater understanding of the complex mechanisms of the disease. Beginning with a basic introduction to HIV infections and Neuro-AIDS, practitioners will find useful data on advances in molecular biology, neuroepidemiology, neuroimaging, neuropathology, neuropharmacology, as well as information on the development of therapeutic strategies appropriate for the disorder, including groundbreaking retroviral therapies.In addition, the socioeconomic and political constraints that hinder treatment and disease management in developing parts of the world are presented.* A comprehensive understanding of HIV/AIDS and neuro-AIDS, and the progression of the scientific community's understanding of the disease* Detailed information on fields such as neuroepidemiology, neuropathology, neuropharmacology, and neuroimaging and their contributions to HIV/AIDS research* Subject specific chapters on conditions associated with HIV/AIDS, including opportunistic infections, central nervous system tumors, and myopathies, amongst others
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Handbook of Clinical Neurology
- HIV/Aids and the Nervous System
- Copyright Page
- Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series
- Foreword
- List of contributors
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction to HIV infection and neuro-AIDS
- Chapter 2: Neuroepidemiology of HIV/AIDS
- Chapter 3: HIV neurology in the developing world
- Chapter 4: The neuropathogenesis of HIV-1 infection
- Chapter 5: Neurological sequelae of primary HIV infection
- Chapter 6: AIDS dementia complex
- Chapter 7: Neurocognitive assessment of persons with HIV disease
- Chapter 8: HIV myelopathy
- Chapter 9: Peripheral neuropathy in HIV infection
- Chapter 10: Myopathy in HIV infection
- Chapter 11: Cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS
- Chapter 12: Cryptococcal infection
- Chapter 13: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
- Chapter 14: Other opportunistic infections of the central nervous system in AIDS
- Chapter 15: Primary central nervous system lymphoma
- Chapter 16: Neuroimaging of the HIV/AIDS patient
- Chapter 17: Cerebrospinal fluid markers in central nervous system HIV infection and AIDS dementia complex
- Chapter 18: The neuropathology of HIV
- Chapter 19: Neuropharmacology of HIV/AIDS
- Subject Index
- Color Plate Section