Involvement of the nervous system by the human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) was demonstrated in the tropics and Japan in two chronic neurological disorders, tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) {l] and HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM) {2]. HAM and HTLV-I-positive TSP are recognized as clinic
Peripheral neuropathy in HTLV-I infected individuals without tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I-associated myelopathy
✍ Scribed by Ana C. C Leite; Marcus Tulius T. Silva; Alexandre H. Alamy; Cristiane R. A. Afonso; Marco A. D. Lima; Maria J. Andrada-Serpa; Osvaldo J. M. Nascimento; Abelardo Q.-C. Araújo
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 256 KB
- Volume
- 251
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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