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The histological and ultrastructural findings of subacute spongiform encephalopathy (SSE) are described in the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia of a homosexual patient who died with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is suggested that SSE, beside the diffuse AIDS leukoencephalopathy, might be another morphological substrate of the AIDS dementia complex.
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Supported in part by a scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (FC-S)
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Schwenk, J., Cruz-Sanchez, F., Gosztonyi, G. et al. Spongiform encephalopathy in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Acta Neuropathol 74, 389–392 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00687217
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