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Table 1 Symptoms and signs

From: Current clinical presentations of AIDS dementia in a tropical environment: study of 26 observations in the neurology department of the University Hospital of Conakry

 

Percentage

– Early irritability with emotional control disorder

15 (57.9%)

– Social disinterest by refusal of assistance in official traditional ceremonies

13 (50%)

– Apathy

8 (30.7%)

– Signs of sadness with slowed ideation

8 (30.7%)

– Disgust with life with loss of interest

7 (26.9%)

– Insomnia, evening remission

11 (42.3%)

– Weight loss, loss of libido

6 (23%)

– Memory problems (working memory, episodic memory)

26 (100%)

– Dysphoric disorders (change, frequent mood, unmotivated crying)

21 (80.7%)

– Personality disorders self-blame, anxiety, feelings of guilt

22 (84.7%)

– Motor signs (tremor, pyramidal signs)

21 (80.7%)

– Tonic–clonic epileptiform seizures

2 (5.5%)