Familial Spastic Paraparesis as a Mitochondrial Disorder
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 ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Impaired flexibility in patients with tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-associated myelopathy: evaluation via pendulum fleximeter. [PDF]
Landim C +9 more
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Brain and spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging in spastic paraparesis associated to human T-lymphotropic virus [PDF]
Background: The spastic paraparesis associated to HTLV-1 causes degenerative pyramidal tract lesions of the spinal cord and affects cortical-nuclear connections in the brain.
García F., Luis +2 more
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[Tropical spastic paraparesis: a necessary redefinition].
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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[Tropical spastic paraparesis in the tropics and Brazil. A historical analysis].
The tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) is a chronic myelopathy, predominant in the tropics, recently known to be of retroviral origin (HTLV-I). This paper aims at delineating the clinico-etiological evolution of this entity. The historical analysis of it showed that the TSP has had, along decades, many different denominations and the discovery of the ...
C M, de Castro-Costa +4 more
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Response to: RSBMT-2018-0270.R2 - Pain and quality of life in human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 associated myelopathy or tropical spastic paraparesis after home-based exercise protocol: Randomized clinical trial. [PDF]
Macêdo MC +5 more
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A refractory human T-cell leukemia virus type 1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis patient with lymphoma-type adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma: A case report and review of the literature. [PDF]
Tamaki K +8 more
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Therapeutic effects of virtual reality video gaming on functional mobility, balance, and gait speed in individuals with tropical spastic paraparesis: A randomized crossover clinical trial. [PDF]
Fonseca EPD +5 more
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Clinical course of neurogenic bladder dysfunction in human T-cell leukemia virus type-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis: a nationwide registry study in Japan. [PDF]
Iijima N +8 more
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Konzo: a nutrition-related tropical spastic paraparesis. [PDF]
Kamate DP, Neumayr A, Blum J.
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