Tropical spastic paraparesis – anesthetic approach [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2017 Introduction: HTLV-1 infection is endemic in Japan, Caribbean, Africa, and South America. It is transmitted from mother to child, sexual contact, blood transfusions, or sharing needles.
Margarida Rodrigues +2 more
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Tropical spastic paraparesis in Northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1989 Ten possible cases of tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) in Northeastern Brazil (Ceará) are presented. They show the typical symptoms and signs of TSP consisting of weakness of the lower limbs, spastic gait, hiperreflexia, bladder dysfunction and ...
C. M. de Castro Costa +4 more
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Efgartigimod Combined With Steroid Treatment for HAM/TSP: A Case Report [PDF]
Annals of Clinical and Translational NeurologyHTLV‐1‐associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a progressive neurological disorder with limited treatment options. We report a 54‐year‐old female with decade‐long, progressive HAM/TSP, previously refractory to rituximab, who ...
Jiahui Zeng +5 more
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Brazilian studies on tropical spastic paraparesis: a meta-analysis [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1994 Tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) is a chronic progressive myelopathy and in most of the cases has a retroviral (HTLV-1) etiology, when it is denominated HTLV-1 associated-mielopathy (HAM/TSP).
C.M. de Castro Costa +3 more
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Magnetic resonance imaging for Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV1-) associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis patients: a systematic review [PDF]
Reviews in Clinical Medicine, 2015 Introduction: Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis is a chronic progressive neurologic disease which might be associated by brain and spinal cord atrophy and lesions.
Fariba Zemorshidi +2 more
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INTERFERON BETA-1A TREATMENT IN HTLV-1-ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY/TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS: A CASE REPORT [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2014 Here a young patient (< 21 years of age) with a history of infective dermatitis is described. The patient was diagnosed with myelopathy associated with HTLV-1/tropical spastic paraparesis and treated with interferon beta-1a.
Graça Maria de Castro Viana +5 more
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Caracterização molecular do HTLV-1 em pacientes com paraparesia espástica tropical/mielopatia associada ao HTLV-1 em Belém, Pará Molecular characterization of HTLV-1 among patients with tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1 associated myelopathy in Belém, Pará [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2006 O presente estudo avaliou a ocorrência da infecção pelo HTLV-1 e seus subtipos em amostras de sangue de pacientes com diagnóstico clínico de paraparesia espástica tropical/mielopatia associada ao Htlv-1.
Lucinda A. Souza +7 more
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2001 We reviewed the historical, clinical and etiological aspects of the progressive chronic spastic myelopathies of unknown etiology, disserting on the clinical similarities between HTLV-I seropositive and seronegative tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP), as ...
Carlos Mauricio De Castro-Costa +2 more
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Syringohydromyelia or HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis: a diagnostic challenge (case report) [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1999 Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) associated myelopathy / tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is the most common chronic myelopathy in Brazil.
ABELARDO DE QUEIROZ-CAMPOS ARAÚJO +4 more
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Paraparesia espástica tropical uma redefinição necessária Tropical spastic paraparesis: a necessary re-definition [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1996 O autor disserta sobre a definição de Paraparesia Espástica Tropical desde suas primeiras descrições até o envolvimento etiológico do HTLV-1 em parte dos casos.
Carlos Maurício de Castro-Costa
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