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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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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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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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Novel OPA1 mutation featuring spastic paraparesis and intestinal dysmotility
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, 2014 A 58-year-old man with optic atrophy, spastic paraparesis, axonal sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy and intestinal dysmotility harbors a novel heterozygous missense mutation in the mitochondrial import signal peptide of OPA1.
Mohamed Kazamel +2 more
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A Boy With Spastic Paraparesis and Dyspnea
Journal of Child Neurology, 2004 A 4½-year-old boy with signs and symptoms of spastic paraparesis and dyspnea is presented. Biotinidase deficiency was considered and was confirmed by both urine organic acid analysis and biotinidase activity measurement. The child recovered gradually on biotin therapy.
H Serap, Kalkanoğlu +5 more
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Brazilian studies on tropical spastic paraparesis: a meta-analysis
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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Familial Spastic Paraparesis as a Mitochondrial Disorder
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1992 A girl presenting at 6 years with familial spastic paraparesis and having deficiencies of respiratory chain enzyme complex I, III and IV is reported from the Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL.
J Gordon Millichap
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From cirrhosis to paraparesis [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2019 We present the case of a 61-years-old male, diagnosed with liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus, who developed bilateral signs of Parkinsonism, intention tremor and spastic paraparesis.
Ioan-Cristian Lupescu +4 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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