AIDS dementia complex
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AIDS dementia complex

The neurological disease complex that is sometimes experienced by AIDS patients, caused by neuron injury and death and characterized by cognitive impairment.

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AIDS dementia complex (redirected from HIV dementia)

AIDS dementia complex
(redirected from HIV dementia)