       Document 0948
 DOCN  M9540948
 TI    [Paranoid hallucinatory psychoses as the first manifestation of HIV
       infection]
 DT    9504
 AU    Grehl H; Kaschka WP; Psychiatrische Klinik mit Poliklinik, Universitat;
       Erlangen-Nurnberg.
 SO    Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr. 1994 Nov;62(11):413-6. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/95130019
 AB    All parts of the central nervous system may be involved in HIV
       infection, resulting in a variety of neuropsychiatric syndromes some of
       which resemble functional psychoses. Corresponding to the HIV-associated
       disease these syndromes differ in course and severity. A very common
       form is the AIDS-dementia complex, especially late in the course of
       disease. Up to now, however, a specific therapy is not available. A case
       of severe psychosis with paranoid delusions and hallucinations in a
       patient with otherwise asymptomatic HIV infection is reported. From her
       biography it was concluded that the infection occurred 10 years earlier.
       During therapy with azidothymidine, symptoms disappeared within 3
       months, and more than one year after admission to our hospital the
       patient was still able to work. According to the course of the disease
       in this patient, reports from the literature and pathogenetic theories,
       an early therapy with antiviral agents is recommended in HIV-induced
       subacute encephalitis.
 DE    AIDS Dementia Complex/DRUG THERAPY/*PSYCHOLOGY  Case Report
       Electroencephalography  English Abstract  Female  Hallucinations/DRUG
       THERAPY/*ETIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY  Human  Middle Age  Paranoid Disorders/DRUG
       THERAPY/*ETIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY  Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
       Psychotic Disorders/DRUG THERAPY/*ETIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY  Tomography, X-Ray
       Computed  Zidovudine/THERAPEUTIC USE  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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