Neuropsychological Dysfunction among HIV Infected Drug Abusers
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Neuropsychological Dysfunction among HIV Infected Drug Abusers.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been documented to cause direct and indirect central nervous system dysfunction that can be observed as a progressive decline in neuropsychological functioning in a large proportion of persons with HIV and AIDS. Neuropsychological decline in individuals with HIV is characterized by cognitive and motor slowing, attentional deficits, executive dysfunction an...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1553-6203
DOI: 10.3844/ajidsp.2006.67.73