Browsing School of Medicine (Sch. of Med.) Collections by Author "Allebeck, Peter"
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Cognition, behaviour and academic skills after cognitive rehabilitation in Ugandan children surviving severe malaria: a randomised trial
Bangirana, Paul; Allebeck, Peter; Boivin, Michael J.; John, Candy C.; Page, Connie; Ehnvall, Anna; Musisi, Seggane (BioMed Central, 2011)Background: Infection with severe malaria in African children is associated with not only a high mortality but also a high risk of cognitive deficits. There is evidence that interventions done a few years after the illness ... -
Cognitive dysfunction among HIV positive and HIV negative patients with psychosis in Uganda
Nakasujja, Noeline; Allebeck, Peter; Agren, Hans; Musisi, Seggane; Katabira, Elly (Public Library of Science, 2012)Background: Cognitive impairment is an established phenomenon in HIV infected individuals and patients that have psychosis. However there is need to establish the severity of the impairment if patients are co morbid with ... -
Depression symptoms and cognitive function among individuals with advanced HIV infection initiating HAART in Uganda
Nakasujja, Noeline; Skolasky, Richard L.; Seggane, Musisi; Allebeck, Peter; Robertson, Kevin; Ronald, Allan; Katabira, Elly; Clifford, David B; Sacktor, Ned (BMC Psychiatry, 2010)Background: Among patients with HIV infection, depression is the most frequently observed psychiatric disorder. The presence of depressive symptoms and cognitive dysfunction among HIV patients has not been well studied in ... -
Malaria with neurological involvement in Ugandan children: effect on cognitive ability, academic achievement and behaviour
Bangirana, Paul; Segane, Musisi; Boivin, Michael J.; Ehnvall, Anna; Chandy, C. John; Bergermann, Tracy L.; Allebeck, Peter (BioMed Central, 2011-11-03)Background Malaria is a leading cause of ill health and neuro-disability in children in sub-Saharan Africa. Impaired cognition is a common outcome of malaria with neurological involvement. There is also a possibility ...