The Neurology of AIDS
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$250.00 $191.30 (05)Description
This book is a comprehensive textbook of the neurological, behavioural, motor, sensory, cognitive, psychiatric, developmental and basic research performed on HIV-1 infection of the nervous system. The contributors represent some of the foremost clinical and basic science investigators in the field of NeuroAIDS worldwide. Particular emphasis is placed on current thinking with regard to disease pathogenesis, patient care, and the prospects for the future.Features
- A reference book for understanding the clinical features of the disease and treatment strategies
- Provides comprehensive coverage of the latest therapies both anti-retroviral and adjunctive
- Includes patient perspective
- Thorough update and overview of latest research activities in NeuroAIDS research
- Details pediatric aspects of NeuroAIDS and encephalopathy
- Covers all brain diseases associated with HIV/AIDS
- Neuropsychiatric issues and treatments covered in full
- Contributions from major international experts
Reviews
"This large book...offers a wealth of up-to-date information on the myriad neurologic disorders associated with HIV infection.... The book is at its best as a source of in-depth, extensive, and scholarly analysis of the neurobiology of HIV, especially regarding the cognitive impairments that prevail despite highly active antiretroviral therapy." --The New England Journal of Medicine
"The goal of the authors is to contribute to the control of HIV disease until it is fully medically manageable, and to the eventual worldwide control of HIV's epidemic spread. These are worthy objectives and the book definitely meets them."--Doody's
"...the organization and the quality of the book's content suggest that it will appeal to a large audience including students, clinicians, researchers and other health care providers, who will find it an important resource and reference for information about the neurological aspects of HIV infection."--Neuromuscular Disorders
"This impressive text manages to encompass a vast array of topics and perspectives related to the neuropsychiatric manifestations of HIV infection...The Neurology of AIDS is essential for institutions that care for those living with HIV infection and is an approachable text for students, residents, researchers, and clinicians."--Journal of the American Medical Association
Product Details
858 pages; 213 halftones, 16 color plates; ISBN13: 978-0-19-852610-0ISBN10: 0-19-852610-5About the Author(s)
Edited by Howard E. Gendelman, Director, Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha , Igor Grant, University of California, San Diego , Ian Paul Everall, Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego , Stuart A. Lipton, Center for Neuroscience & Aging, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California , and Susan Swindells, Professor, Internal Medicine, Medical Director HIV Clinic, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
