Is motor neuron disease an HIV disease?

Neurology. 2016 Oct 25;87(17):1756-1762. Epub 2016 Sep 24. HIV-associated motor neuron disease: HERV-K activation and response to antiretroviral therapy. Bowen LN(1), Tyagi R(1), Li W(1), Alfahad T(1), Smith B(1), Wright M(1), Singer EJ(1), Nath A(2). read more

Motor neuron diseases are conditions that affect the nerves and cause the muscles in the body to deteriorate until a person losses the ability to move at all, including breath for themselves. They are progressive diseases, which currently cannot be cured, although supportive care is available in several different ways. read more