Comparison of HTLV-associated myelopathy (HAM) in HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients at a tertiary South African hospital

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-46

  Schutte, C M ^a   Townsend, T ^a   Van Coller, R ^a   Olorunju, S ^b  

^a Steve Biko Academic Hospital   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPHINCTER DISORDER; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84871497402     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.5298     Document Type: Article

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