Gorman J M, Kertzner R, Todak G, Goetz R R, Williams J B, Rabkin J, Meyer-Bahlburg H F, Mayeux R, Stern Y, Lange M
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, NY.
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1991 Feb;48(2):120-3. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1991.01810260028004.
Although much is known about the virus believed by most experts to be the cause of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and about its pathogenic actions, major areas of ignorance remain. Among these are the reasons for the varying time between infection with human immunodeficiency virus and development of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, the relationship between neurologic and medical aspects of the disease, the time course of neuropsychological findings, and the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity. We assessed 124 homosexual men who were positive for human immunodeficiency virus and 84 who were negative for the virus. In this article we describe the study design, method of recruitment, and medical and demographic characteristics of the cohort, which will be followed up for 5 years.
尽管大多数专家认为导致获得性免疫缺陷综合征的病毒及其致病作用已为人熟知，但仍存在许多重大未知领域。其中包括感染人类免疫缺陷病毒与患上获得性免疫缺陷综合征之间时间差异的原因、该疾病神经学与医学方面的关系、神经心理学检查结果的时间进程以及精神疾病的患病率。我们评估了124名人类免疫缺陷病毒检测呈阳性的同性恋男性和84名病毒检测呈阴性的男性。在本文中，我们描述了研究设计、招募方法以及该队列的医学和人口统计学特征，该队列将接受为期5年的随访。
