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Difficulties in diagnosing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a HIV-Positive Patient

Published:2018-12-30 Issue:4 Volume:10 Page:139-144
ISSN:2499-9865
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Author:

Alekseeva T. M.¹,Skripchenko N. V.²,Lobzin S. V.³,Demeshonok V. S.³,Yurkina E. A.³,Nazarov V. D.⁴,Lapin S. V.⁴

Affiliation:

1. National Medical Research Center named after V.A. Almazov, Saint-Petersburg

2. Pediatric Research and Clinical Center for Infectious Diseases, Saint-Petersburg; Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint-Petersburg

3. North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Saint-Petersburg

4. First Saint-Petersburg State Medical University named after academician I.P. Pavlov, Saint-Petersburg

Abstract

We described a case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with comorbid HIV infection. The diagnosis was confirmed by genetic tests. The difficulty of the differential diagnosis between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and HIV-associated ALS syndrome is discussed.

Publisher

SPRIDA

Subject

Infectious Diseases

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