HTLV-1 and neurological conditions: When to suspect and when to order a diagnostic test for HTLV-1 infection?

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 132-138

  Araújo, Abelardo Q C ^a   Leite, Ana Claudia C ^a   Lima, Marco Antonio S D ^a   Silva, Marcus Tulius T ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HIV; HTLV; Myelopathy; Myopathy; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONUS MEDULLARIS; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MENINGITIS; MIXED INFECTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 66149182690     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2009000100036     Document Type: Review

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