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Neurocognitive functioning predicts frailty index in HIV.

Hannah Oppenheim1, Emily W Paolillo1, Raeanne C Moore1

  • 1From the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine (H.O.); San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology (E.W.P.); Departments of Psychiatry (R.C.M., D.V.J., I.G., D.J.M.), Neurosciences (R.J.E.), and Medicine (S.L.L.), University of California, San Diego; VA San Diego Healthcare System (R.C.M.), CA; and Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging (D.V.J.), University of California, San Diego.

Neurology
|June 8, 2018
PubMed
Summary

A higher frailty index in people with HIV/AIDS is linked to poorer neurocognitive function. This finding helps identify individuals at risk for cognitive impairment.

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