Spinal cord swelling in human T-lymphotropic virus 1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis: Magnetic resonance indication for early anti-inflammatory treatment?

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1134-1135

  Silva, Marcus Tulius T ^b   Araújo, Abelardo ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CD8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; TAX PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD EDEMA; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC;

EID: 3142721988     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.7.1134     Document Type: Article

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