Hemiplegia as a presentation of HIV infection in children: A report of 3 cases.

J Family Med Prim Care

Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric HIV Clinic, B J Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Published: January 2017

Strokes are a rare neurological manifestation of HIV infection in children with multifactorial etiologies. We present three HIV-infected children who presented to us with stroke out of which two had cerebral infarcts and who responded to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Third patient had tuberculous meningitis who was lost to follow-up before ART could be initiated.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_344_16DOI Listing

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