Multiple Sclerosis and HTLV-I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis are two distinct clinical entities

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 88-90

  Leon S, Fidias E ^a,b,c   Arimura, Kimiyoshi ^a   Osame, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; HAM TSP; Multiple sclerosis; Neuroepidemiology; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA;

ADULT; AGED; BLINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC;

EID: 0030225114     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135245859600200205     Document Type: Article

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