Two Babinski signs in seropositive (HAM) and seronegative tropical spastic paraparesis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 3 B, 2008, Pages 695-697

  Leon Sarmiento, Fidias E ^a,b,d   Calderon, Andres ^b,c   Hernandez, Hernan G ^b  

^a Fundacion Santa Fe   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d Uniciencia Research Group   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Babinski plus sign; HAM; Mycotoxins; Neurorehabilitation; TSP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 56049127757     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000500016     Document Type: Article

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