Neuromyelitis optica with HTLV-1 infection: Different from acute progressive HAM?

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1157-1159

  Koga, Michiaki ^a   Takashi, Toshiyuki ^b   Kawai, Motoharu ^a   Negoro, Kiyoshi ^a   Kanda, Takashi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute HTLV 1 associated myelopathy; Anti aquaporin 4 antibody; HTLV 1; Neuromyelitis optica

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AQUAPORIN 4; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; STEROID; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1 ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY; HYPESTHESIA; JAPAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEROLOGY; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; URINE RETENTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 67650685218     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1989     Document Type: Article

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