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. 1989 Aug;52(8):975–979. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.52.8.975

Combined HIV-CMV encephalitis presenting with brainstem signs.

G N Fuller 1, R J Guiloff 1, F Scaravilli 1, J N Harcourt-Webster 1
PMCID: PMC1031837  PMID: 2552024

Abstract

Two cases of combined HIV-CMV encephalitis are described. One presented with a sixth nerve palsy and a tetraparesis, the other with an internuclear ophthalmoplegia. Pathologically brain stem involvement was predominantly due to CMV.

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