Lourdes de Fatima Ibanez Valdes

Department of Neurology, Nelson Mandela Academic Central Hospital (NMACH), Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa

Publications

• Research Article   
  Multicommodity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Human Herpesvirus Seven and Polyneuropathy
  Author(s): Lourdes de Fatima Ibanez Valdes, Sibi Sebastian Joseph and Humberto Foyaca Sibat*
  
  Background: One of the associated conditions seen in HIV patients is PN which is a relatively common neurologic disorder with subvariants involving the sensory, motor somatic and motor autonomic pathways, being the distal symmetric PN the most frequently seen PN subtype presents length-dependent symptoms because the longest nerves are affected first and sensory-predominant plus sensory-motor signs. Human Herpes viruses (HHV) are double-stranded DNA viruses able to cause a wide range of clinical manifestations, from vesicular rashes to malignant disorders. The primary aid of this study is to review the medical literature related to the comorbidity of HIV/HHV7/ PN, report a case and formulate some hypotheses about the pathogenesis of these associated diseases. Methods: We searched the medical literature comprehensively, looking for published M.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.3371/CSRP.DLSS.040323

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