Prague Med. Rep. 2025, 126, 86-91

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2025.14

Subacute Sclerosing Encephalitis in an Adult with Congenital HIV Infection – Case Report

Ihor Hryzhak1ID, Olexandra Pryshlyak1ID, Victoria Gryb1ID, Marianna Prokopovich1ID, Mykola Prokofiev1ID, Olga Matviiuk1ID, Nataliya Diomina2, Lilia Hryzhak2

1Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
2Communal non-commercial enterprise “Center of Infection Diseases of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Council”, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Received August 7, 2024
Accepted May 12, 2025

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