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[Clinical features of exogenous organic mental disorders in patients with HIV infection]
1Sechenov Ferst Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
Aim:
To specify clinical/dynamic features of organic mental disorders in patients with HIV and to characterize the formation and course of psychoorganic syndrome.
Material And Methods:
The study included 250 HIV-infected patients with mental disorders and 50 injection drug users (166 men and 84 women, mean age 30.6±6.3 years). Clinical, psychological methods and laboratory instrumental examinations were performed.
Results And Conclusion:
Course of the infection process and premorbid personality play an important role in the development of exogenous organic mental disorders in patients with HIV infection.
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