Neuropsychology of HIV Infection

by Martin Grant, Alex Martin, Igor Grant, et al.

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) commonly enters the central nervous system, disturbs brain function, and ultimately results in serious brain damage. The most serious manifestation of this infection of the brain is HIV-associated dementia, which includes severe memory loss, slowness in thinking, disorientation, and social incapacity. Most persons who are HIV infected do not develop severe dementia; however, perhaps 50% of those with AIDS and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195072251
• ISBN13: 9780195072259
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"