Polyneuropathy and polyradiculopathy 655 27. Neuromuscular Diseases
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Peripheral neuropathies may complicate all stages of HIV infection. During the early asymptomatic stages peripheral neuropathies are uncommon, but electrodiagnostic testing reveals subclinical evidence of peripheral nerve involvement in about 10 % of cases. In later stages, symptomatic neuropathies occur in some 30-50 % of patients. Neuropathological studies have shown pathological changes with a prevalence approaching 100 % in patients with AIDS.
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