Abnormal spinal MRI findings in human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type I-associated myelopathy

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 624-628

  Yamamoto, Fumio ^a   Yamashita, Satoshi ^a   Yamamura, Akiko ^a   Watanabe, Masaki ^a   Kimura, En ^a   Yamashita, Taro ^a   Hirano, Teruyuki ^a   Uchino, Makoto ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early stage; HAM TSP; HTLV I; MRI; Myelopathy; Rapid progression; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LYMPHOTROPHIC VIRUS TYPE 1 ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY; HUMAN T CELL LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE 1 ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN CONTENT; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SWELLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; CELL COUNT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINE;

EID: 67650421500     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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