Hemiplegia as a presentation of HIV infection in children: A report of 3 cases

Strokes are a rare neurological manifestation of HIV infection in children with multifactorial etiologies. We present three HIV-infected children who presented to us with stroke out of which two had cerebral infarcts and who responded to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Third patient had tuberculous me...

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Autores principales: Shah, Ira, Nandy, Sneha, Kumari, Renu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29302563
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_344_16
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Sumario:Strokes are a rare neurological manifestation of HIV infection in children with multifactorial etiologies. We present three HIV-infected children who presented to us with stroke out of which two had cerebral infarcts and who responded to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Third patient had tuberculous meningitis who was lost to follow-up before ART could be initiated.

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