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HIV encephalitis simulating Huntington's disease

✍ Scribed by Jeffrey J. Sevigny; Steven S.M. Chin; Yvonne Milewski; Mark W. Albers; Marc L. Gordon; Karen Marder

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Weight: 97 KB
Volume: 20
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-3185
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20379

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Abstract

Complications from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome are notorious for mimicking other neurological diseases. We describe a case of HIV encephalitis presenting with the classic clinical features of Huntington's Disease in a woman without known HIV risk factors or other clinical stigmata suggestive of immunosuppression. This case reminds us that HIV should be part of the differential diagnosis in unexplainable neurological diseases. © 2004 Movement Disorder Society

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