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Childhood-onset HAM/TSP with progressive cognitive impairment.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Apr 2010
Zorzi Giovanna, Mancuso Roberta, Nardocci Nardo, Farina Laura, Guerini Franca Rosa, Ferrante Pasquale
Abstract excerpt
HTLV-I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a chronic myelopathy, usually with adult-onset. Very few cases of childhood-onset have been described, most presenting with progressive paraparesis and sphincteric disturbances as in the adult form. Here we report a young male...
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