ALS syndrome in HTLV-I infection

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1332-1333

  Silva, M T T ^a,b   Leite, A C C ^a   Alamy, A H ^a   Chimelli, L ^c   Andrada Serpa, M J ^a   Araujo A Q C ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARESIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 27144505481     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000180962.47653.5e     Document Type: Article

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