Tropical spastic paraparesis associated with HTLV-1 in Egypt
β Scribed by Niel T. Constantine; Daniel A. Scott; Mohamed Kamal; Chester R. Roberts; Arndt Rolfs; H.C. Schumacher; Peter Marx
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 310 KB
- Volume
- 86
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0035-9203
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Human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-1)-associated tropical spastic paraparesis in Martinique has been identified in 54 patients, 49 women and 5 men. This myelopathy represents an endemic problem on this island and the earliest documented case dates from 1952. A blood transfusion history was obta
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