Human immunodeficiency virus encephalopathies

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Janssen RS, Nwanyanwu OC, SelikRM, Stehr-Green JK(1992)Epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus encephalopathy in tire United States. Neurology 42 1472—1476. 

Gray F, Haug H, Chimelli L, Geny C, Gaston A, Scaravilli F, Budka H (1991) Prominent cortical atrophy with neuronal loss as correlate of human immunodeficiency virus encephalopathy. Acta Neuropathol (Berl) 82 229-233. 

Western blot A method to detect protein in a given sample of tissue homogenate or extract. It uses gel electrophoresis to separate denatured proteins by mass. Some diagnostic applications for the Western blot include Lyme disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (it is considered the gold standard for HIV diagnostic testing). 

Louboutin JP, Agrawal L, Reyes BAS et al (2009) A rat model of human immunodeficiency virus-1 encephalopathy using envelope glycoprotein gpl20 expression delivered by SV40 vectors. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 68 456 73... 

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