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To study the natural history of the neurological involvement in pediatric human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, 77 children born to seropositive mothers have been followed up since birth. The median follow-up time has been 17.5 months. Fourteen children were classified as infected, 34 as not infected, and 21 as indeterminable. Only two children with full-blown acute immune deficiency syndrome had severe neurological manifestations. “Soft” neurological signs were found in six infected, and ten non-infected children (χ2, P<0.05). The mean development quotient and IQ scores in the infected and the non-infected children were 82.22, and 93.15, respectively (Mann-Whitney test, P>0.05). These data suggest that neurological and developmental abnormalities do not occur early in the course of vertical HIV infection and that they are associated with severe immunodeficiency.
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Laverda, A.M., Cogo, P., Condini, A. et al. How frequent and how early does the neurological involvement in HIV-positive children occur?. Child's Nerv Syst 6, 406–408 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00302228
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