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Dementia is a condition causing loss of intellectual functions such as memory, judgment, and abstract thinking. Aids dementia complex is a dementia occurring in late stage acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids). Now that there are better medications for aids, the incidence of aids dementia is down to 10-15% of aids patients.

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44 year experience in Psychiatry

Is a type of:

Dementia

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Rare

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