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Persistence of cognitive impairment among well-treated older adults with HIV in low- to middle-income countries

Commentary on “Prevalence and 1-year incidence of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) in adults aged ≥ 50 years attending standard HIV clinical care in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania” by Flatt et al.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 October 2022

Erin E. Sundermann
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Leah H. Rubin
Affiliation:
Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, and Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

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