Development of HIV encephalitis in AIDS and TNF-alpha regulatory elements.

doi:10.1016/s0165-5728(98)00161-1

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Development of HIV encephalitis in AIDS and TNF-alpha regulatory elements.

Journal of neuroimmunology - 2 Nov 1998

Sato-Matsumura K C, Berger J, Hainfellner J A, Mazal P, Budka H

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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) appears to play an important role in HIV encephalitis (HIVE). TNF2, a polymorphism of TNF-alpha, associates with higher levels of TNF-alpha and severe manifestations of some infections. We studied 44 acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients with a...

Topics

AIDS Dementia Complex
Alleles
Antibodies, Viral
Brain
Encephalitis, Viral
HIV
HLA-DR3 Antigen
Humans
Polymorphism, Genetic
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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