RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 AIDS encephalopathy with response to treatment.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 545
OP 547
DO 10.1136/adc.63.5.545
VO 63
IS 5
A1 J Matthes
A1 L A Walker
A1 J G Watson
A1 A G Bird
YR 1988
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/63/5/545.abstract
AB A 3 year old boy who had acquired HIV infection transplacentally developed the classical features of AIDS encephalopathy, spastic diplegia and expressive aphasia. His computed tomogram showed cerebral atrophy. Treatment with zidovudine and weekly infusions of gammaglobulin led to considerable clinical improvement and an almost normal computed tomogram nine weeks later.