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ReviewCurrent HIV/AIDS reports2008

Effects of antiretroviral therapy on cognitive impairment.

Kevin J Liner, Colin D Hall, Kevin R Robertson

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Review in Current HIV/AIDS reports, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. SIV Infection Impairs the Central Nervous System in Chinese Rhesus Macaques.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2016
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  16. HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorders.Infectious disease reports · 2013
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  17. Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder: a consensus report of the mind exchange program.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kevin J LinerSchool of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3114 Bioinformatics Building CB7025, Neurology, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7025, USA. kevinr@neurology.unc.edu
Colin D Hall
Kevin R Robertson
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy, the manifestations of HIV-associated central nervous system (CNS) involvement have generally become less severe and more manageable. Patients initiating antiretroviral therapy have demonstrated improvement in cognitive functioning. Reduction of viral burden has been correlated with improved CNS functioning. Recent studies have focused on the importance of CNS-penetrating antiretroviral regimens to target active replication in this protected compartment. There were initial conflicting reports of whether CNS-penetrating antiretrovirals improved cognitive functioning, with more evidence supporting the importance of CNS penetration in reducing viral burden and improving cognitive outcomes. Cognitive loss remains a feature of HIV infection, and some patients still suffer from incident or progressing cognitive and motor dysfunction even on combination therapy. Because the virus enters the CNS within days of initial infection, latent infection may be chipping away at the brain during the long asymptomatic period in HIV. When to start antiretrovirals for the maximum cognitive benefit remains to be determined.

Indexed as

Cognition DisordersAIDS Dementia ComplexAnti-HIV AgentsCentral Nervous SystemHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeAnti-HIV Agents

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PMID18510891
OpenAlexW2150701587

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