NEURO-AIDS IN CHILDREN

The paper analyzes the results of studying nervous diseases in childre n with HIV infection. A total of 57 children aged 1.5 to 16 years who had different stages of AIDS were examined. HIV-related encephalopathy , encephalopathy with the polyneuropathy syndrome, encephalomyelopolyn euritis, mixed AIDS-related encephalopathy and perinatal encephalopath y, as well as the myopathic syndrome were identified. The affliction o f the nervous system was more severe with an earlier history of infect ion. The clinical syndromes were supported by electromyographic indice s.