Gait Patterns in Patients with Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Spastic gait is a key feature in patients with hereditary spastic paraparesis, but the gait characterization and the relationship between the gait impairment and clinical characteristics have not been investigated.To describe the gait patterns in ...
Mariano Serrao +11 more
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Early presentation of spastic paraparesis in individuals carrying PSEN1 mutations: a clinical and genetic analysis [PDF]
Alzheimer’s Research & TherapyBackground Mutations in the presenilin 1 gene (PSEN1) are well-known causes of early-onset familial Alzheimer’s disease, but they can also present with atypical phenotypes such as pure spastic paraparesis.
Kang-Yang Jih +7 more
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A rare case of adult-onset spastic paraparesis associated with Klinefelter syndrome [PDF]
BMC NeurologyReport The rare association of Klinefelter syndrome and the clinical presentation of a late onset chronic progressive spastic paresis. Clinical Presentation and Genetics An infertile, 61-year-old man, presented with late adult onset of gait problems ...
Louise Adams, Jan De Bleecker
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Tropical spastic paraparesis – anesthetic approach
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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Lived Experience of Human T-cell Leukemia Virus type-1 -Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP): A Phenomenology Study [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical SciencesBackground: Human T-cell Leukemia Virus type-1 (HTLV-1) -associated myelopathy causes sufferers to experience changes in several aspects of their lives.
Malihe Davoudi +2 more
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Spastic Paraparesis Following Cocaine Inhalation [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2009 Cocaine use is reaching epidemic proportions in the UK and the consequences are a number of debilitating effects. Strokes may result from a number of mechanisms related to cocaine use.
Henry Oluwasefunmi Savage +2 more
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Reversible spastic paraparesis
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2019 Ananthanarayanan Kasinathan +4 more
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Neurobrucellosis: a rare cause for spastic paraparesis [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2009 A 41 year old man presented to the outpatient department with a three month history of difficulty in walking. He also had a history of positive sensory symptoms in the form of pins and needle sensation mostly below the waist.
Rishad Ahmed, Basanagouda S. Patil
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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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Urodynamic findings and vibegron effects on neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction caused by human T‐cell leukemia virus type I‐associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis [PDF]
IJU Case ReportsIntroduction Human T‐cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection can cause HTLV‐1‐associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis, characterized by spastic paralysis of both lower limbs. More than 90% of HAM/TSP patients show lower urinary tract symptoms
Tomoyuki Kumekawa +9 more
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