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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, Francisco Cabral, Fátima Pina   +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, M. R. Salgueiro, H. Carton, O. C. do Vale, A. M. de Arruda   +4 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, H. Carton, P. Goubau, J.A.C. D'Almeida   +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, Reza Boostani, Mohammad Mehdi Etemadi   +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, Marcos Antonio Custódio Neto da Silva, Victor Lima Souza, Natália Barbosa da Silva Lopes, Diego Luz Felipe da Silva, Maria do Desterro Soares Brandão Nascimento   +5 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]

Iran J Med Sci
Background: Human T-cell Leukemia Virus type-1 (HTLV-1) -associated myelopathy causes sufferers to experience changes in several aspects of their lives.
Davoudi M, Boostani R, Manzari ZS.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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, Ivina G.L. Lopes, Eduardo Leitão Maia, Vânia N. Azevedo, Luiz Fernando A. Machado, Marluísa O.G. Ishak, Ricardo Ishak, Antonio Carlos R. Vallinoto   +7 more
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Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis is Associated With Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) Infection and Disease Progression to HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Smart Med
We provide the first comprehensive analysis of changes in the gut bacteriome at different clinical stages of HTLV‐1 infection. HTLV‐1 infection is associated with a dysbiosis that includes reduced bacterial diversity and an inverted Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio.
Fernandes LA, de Souza AO, Nukui Y, Marcusso RM, de Oliveira ACP, Casseb J, Clissa PB, Villas-Boas SG, Sanabani SS.   +8 more
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HTLV-I negative tropical spastic paraparesis: a scientific challenge Paraparesia espástica tropical HTLV-I negativa: um desafio científico

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, Herwig Carton, Terezinha J. T. Santos   +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, ANA CLAÚDIA CELESTINO BEZERRA LEITE, ANDRÉ LUIZ DOS ANJOS DE OLIVEIRA, CRISTIANE RIBEIRO DE ALMEIDA AFONSO, JULIANA PIES   +4 more
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