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  1. High viral load in the cerebrospinal fluid and brain correlates with severity of simian immunodeficiency virus encephalitis 1999-12-01
  2. Relationship between human immunodeficiency virus-associated dementia and viral load in cerebrospinal fluid and brain 1997-11-01

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2 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1997 to 1999

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  • Annals of neurology 1
  • Journal of virology 1

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  1. High viral load in the cerebrospinal fluid and brain correlates with severity of simian immunodeficiency virus encephalitis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of virology 1999-12-01 Tau biomarkers

    AIDS dementia and encephalitis are complications of AIDS occurring most frequently in patients who are immunosuppressed.

  2. Relationship between human immunodeficiency virus-associated dementia and viral load in cerebrospinal fluid and brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Annals of neurology 1997-11-01 Tau biomarkers

    Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) RNA levels were measured with the Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification (NASBA) assay to determine the relationship with neurological status; 37 subjects with HIV dementia (HIV-D) were compared with 77 with HIV with minor neurological signs (HIV-MCMD) and 93 neurologically normal HIV-seropositive individuals (HIV-NML).

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