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HIV-1 associated cognitive/motor complex in an injecting drug user
J Maxwell1, V Egan, A Chiswick
1Infectious Diseases Unit, King's Cross Hospital, Dundee, Scotland, UK.
AIDS Care
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
The clinical and social consequences of AIDS dementia complex/HIV-1 associated cognitive/motor complex (ADC/HACC) in drug users have not been well documented. The value of prospective serial neuropsychological, neuroradiological and neurophysiological measurements to assist diagnosis of ADC/HACC in patients with premorbid personality disorder and intercurrent drug use is demonstrated. The psychosocial problems resulting from ADC/HACC with respect to community care and the location of hospitalization is considered. The relevance of the 1984 Mental Health Act (Scotland) with regard to drug users with ADC/HACC is discussed.