AIDS Optic Neuropathy

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Identifier 19900206_nanos_aidslymesympos_04
Title AIDS Optic Neuropathy
Creator Alfredo A. Sadun; Jeffrey G. Odel
Affiliation (AAS) Flora L. Thornton Chair, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine at USC
Subject Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Neuropathy; Cryptococcus; Ocular Infection
Description Acquired immunity syndrome (AIDS) was first reported in the United States in 1981, but there are many that believe that it was around unrecognized since about 1960. In the 'BOs, the number of cases reported has Increased exponentially. There are probably about 100,000 Americans with the clinical diagnosis of AIDS. Most of these patients will die within two years. A much large number have AIDS related complex (ARC); approximately one third of ARC patients develop AIDS within five years of their diagnosis. An even larger group of patients have a positive serology to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV]. While this positive serology strongly suggests that they have been infected by HIV, their clinical state and prognosis remains In doubt. The issue is one of profound human, social and economic significance since there are esti mates of up to 2.5 million Americans with a positive serology to HIV.
Date 1990-02-06
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 1990 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 1990: AIDS and Lyme Disease Symposium
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6sx9kvm
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 183142
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sx9kvm
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