Distal sensory polyneuropathy in HIV/TB co-infection : the role of vitamin B6 and N-acetyltransferase 2 genetic variation

Both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and tuberculosis (TB) are complicated by a painful distal sensory polyneuropathy (DSP) that may be due to virus-related HIV-DSP, antiretroviral toxic neuropathy (ATN) or isoniazid-induced peripheral neuropathy (INH-PN). In co-infection with and co-tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Centner, Chad
Other Authors: Heckmann, Jeannine
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3370