Diseases

AIDS Dementia Complex

A neurologic condition associated with the ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME and characterized by impaired concentration and memory, slowness of hand movements, ATAXIA, incontinence, apathy, and gait difficulties associated with HIV-1 viral infection of the central nervous system. Pathologic examination of the brain reveals white matter rarefaction, perivascular infiltrates of lymphocytes, foamy macrophages, and multinucleated giant cells. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp760-1; N Engl J Med, 1995 Apr 6;332(14):934-40)

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A neurologic condition associated with the ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME and characterized by impaired concentration and memory, slowness of hand movements, ATAXIA, incontinence, apathy, and gait difficulties associated with HIV-1 viral infection of the central nervous system. Pathologic examination of the brain reveals white matter rarefaction, perivascular infiltrates of lymphocytes, foamy macrophages, and multinucleated giant cells. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp760-1; N Engl J Med, 1995 Apr 6;332(14):934-40)

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27 entry terms
  • AIDS-Related Dementia Complex
  • Acquired-Immune Deficiency Syndrome Dementia Complex
  • Dementia Complex, AIDS-Related
  • Dementia Complex, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  • HIV Dementia
  • HIV-Associated Cognitive Motor Complex
  • AIDS Related Dementia Complex
  • Complex, AIDS Dementia
  • Complex, AIDS-Related Dementia
  • Dementia Complex, AIDS
  • Dementia Complex, AIDS Related
  • Dementia, HIV
  • Dementias, HIV
  • HIV Associated Cognitive Motor Complex
  • HIV Dementias
  • AIDS Encephalopathy
  • Encephalopathy, AIDS
  • Encephalopathy, HIV
  • HIV Encephalopathy
  • HIV-1 Cognitive and Motor Complex
  • HIV-1-Associated Cognitive Motor Complex
  • AIDS Encephalopathies
  • Encephalopathies, AIDS
  • Encephalopathies, HIV
  • HIV 1 Associated Cognitive Motor Complex
  • HIV 1 Cognitive and Motor Complex
  • HIV Encephalopathies

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coord IM with HIV-1 or HIV-2 (IM or NIM) if pertinent

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History Note

1990

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Previous Indexing

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (1983-1989)
  • Dementia (1983-1989)

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WC 503.5

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. AIDS Dementia Complex. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015526. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015526
  2. AIDS Dementia Complex. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV-associated_neurocognitive_disorder
  3. AIDS Dementia Complex. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3435504