Significant differences between verbal and non-verbal intellectual scales on a perinatally HIV-infected cohort: from pediatrics to young adults.
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2020-04-25
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García-Navarro, C
Jimenez de Ory, S
Velo Higueras, C
Zamora, B
Prieto, L
Ramos, J T
Navarro, M L
Escosa-García, L
Jurado-Barba, R
Falcón, Dolores
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Delayed neurodevelopment is a common outcome in perinatally HIV-infected children. Our aim was to assess the intellectual profile of our cohort, considering both the infection and socio-environmental related variables. A cross-sectional cohort study was undertaken at seven major hospitals in Spain belonging to the CoRISpeS cohort (n = 97). Patients were followed up according to a standard protocol. Intellectual measures, psychosocial profile and HIV infection-related data have been analysed. The average patient age was 15 years. The median CD4 cell percentage was 35% (1,59). Viral load was undetectable in 80% of the patients and 27% were on AIDS category; 38% of whom had encephalopathy. The average composite score of both crystallized intelligence (CI) and intelligence quotient (IQ) for the cohort was lower than that of the general population (p
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Cognition, Cognitive psychology, HIV, IQ, Intelligence, Learning and memory, Psychology, Vertical transmission, Virology