[Alcohol abuse in HIV infection].

Autor: Ruchkina EV, Beliaeva VV, Pokrovskiĭ VV
Jazyk: ruština
Zdroj: Terapevticheskii arkhiv [Ter Arkh] 1996; Vol. 68 (11), pp. 51-3.
Abstrakt: 249 cases of HIV infection (170 males, mean age 30.2 +/- 0.8 years; 79 females, mean age 28.7 +/- 0.9 years) have been analyzed for prevalence of alcoholization. 6 months after the establishment of HIV diagnosis the number of alcoholics in the studied group was greater than in this group before the diagnosis. 22% developed further alcohol addiction. Detrimental effects of alcoholization on mentality, memory and social status of HIV-infected subjects are described.
Databáze: MEDLINE