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HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP): A comparative study to identify factors that influence disease progression.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Dec 2016
Matsuura Eiji, Nozuma Satoshi, Tashiro Yuichi, Kubota Ryuji, Izumo Shuji, Takashima Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) can progress slowly or rapidly even though a set of symptoms such as spastic paraparesis with pathological reflexes and sweating loss of the lower extremities are commonly observed in patients. Although most of the patients are thought to be infected to HTLV-1 from their mothers by breast feeding, symptoms of HAM/TSP typically manifest...
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