KONZO : the IBRO Africa Regional Committee (ARC) organizes its first Global Advocacy Workshop for Neuroscience in Kinshasa [PDF]
, 2014 Neurological diseases such as epilepsy, konzo, or neurolathyrism are not well understood or even accepted as major causes of disability. It is important that the public – from parents and children to politicians and policymakers – be informed about the ...
Diasolua Ngudi, Delphin
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HTLV-1: Regulating the Balance Between Proviral Latency and Reactivation
, 2018 HTLV-1 plus-strand transcription begins with the production of doubly-spliced tax/rex transcripts, the levels of which are usually undetectable in freshly isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from HTLV-1-infected individuals.
Bangham, CRM, Kulkarni, A
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Dermatologic Manifestations in HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis
Acta Medica Iranica, 2019 The human T cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) is associated with adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) and other disorders, including a slowly progressive demyelinating paraparesis, known as HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (
Reza Boostani +8 more
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Microbes, Infection and ChemotherapyIntroduction. HTLV-1/2–associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a chronic progressive myelopathy with variable response to corticosteroids.
Raul Montalvo +6 more
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Clinical presentation of axial myopathy in two siblings with HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) [PDF]
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Human T-cell Lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis [PDF]
, 2015 Taylor, GP
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[Tropical spastic paraparesis: a necessary redefinition].
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, 1996 The author disserts on the definition of Tropical Spastic Paraparesis since its first description up to the etiological involvement of HTLV-1 in part of the cases. According to him the basic nucleus of the syndrome consists of a paraparesis with pyramidal signs (spasticity and hyperreflexia) with variable sensory and sphincter symptoms.
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Methylprednisolone therapy in tropical spastic paraparesis. [PDF]
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 1990 J, Duncan, P, Rudge
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Self-management of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis in Japan: A qualitative study. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop DisYamaguchi S, Yatsushiro R.
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