The neuroepidemiology of tropical spastic paraparesis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 1 S, 1988, Pages S113-S120

  Román, Gustavo C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; HUMAN; NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; TROPICAL DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COLOMBIA; DELTARETROVIRUS ANTIBODIES; DELTARETROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PARAPLEGIA; RACIAL STOCKS; SEX FACTORS; SEYCHELLES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0023806011     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410230728     Document Type: Article

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