Peripheral nerve involvement in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy: report of a case. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1990. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Peripheral nerve involvement in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy: report of a case.

Jpn J Med. 1989 Nov-Dec;28(6):762-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/90230621
Funamoto K; Takada K; Inoue K; Sawada Y; Araga S; Takahashi K; Division of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences,; Yonago, Japan.

Abstract: A patient came to our clinic suffering from mild sensory loss, exaggeration in knee reflexes, bilateral extensor plantar responses and elevation of the antibody level to the human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I). Electrophysiological and pathological studies showed axonal and demyelinating neuropathy. The condition appeared to be a slowly progressive myeloneuropathy. HTLV-I may play an important role in the pathogenesis of myeloneuropathy.
Keywords: Case Report Female Human Middle Age Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic/*COMPLICATIONS/PATHOLOGY/ PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/*ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY/ PHYSIOPATHOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDcasereportfemalehumanmiddleageparaparesis,tropicalspastic/KWDcomplications/pathology/physiopathologyperipheralnervoussystemdiseases/KWDetiology/pathology/physiopathologyjournalarticle
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