Quantitative assessment of subclinical spasticity in human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I infection

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 386-390

  Zunt, J R ^a,d   Alarcon J O V ^a,b   Montano, S ^c   Longstreth Jr , W T ^a   Price, R ^a   Holmes, K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 0033595242     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.2.386     Document Type: Article

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