Tropical spastic paraparesis and HTLV-1 associated myelopathy: Clinical, epidemiological, virological and therapeutic aspects

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-269

  Gessain, A ^a,b   Mahieux, R ^c  

^a Institut Pasteur   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c University Lyon i   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HTLV 1; Human retrovirus; Neurological diseases; Pathogenesis; Tax; Tropical spastic paraparesis HTLV 1 associated myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; DANAZOL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY; LAMIVUDINE; MYELIN; NEUROPILIN 1; VALPROIC ACID; ZIDOVUDINE;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREAST FEEDING; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HTLV 1 ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOSITIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UVEITIS; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; DELTARETROVIRUS; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84859111474     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2011.12.006     Document Type: Review

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