Danazol a new perspective in the treatment of htlv-l associated myelopathy (preliminary report)

We investigated the efficacy of danazol treatment in eight patients with HTLV-l associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Treatment with danazol yielded clinical improvement of urinary control and gait disturbances in 7 out of the 8 patients. The improvement was noted within 15 d...

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Main Authors: Ailton Melo, Luciana Moura, Ana Meireles, Gerçonita Costa
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1992-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1992000300025&lng=en&tlng=en
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author Ailton Melo
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Ana Meireles
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description We investigated the efficacy of danazol treatment in eight patients with HTLV-l associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Treatment with danazol yielded clinical improvement of urinary control and gait disturbances in 7 out of the 8 patients. The improvement was noted within 15 days of danazol administration. Analysis of factors of relevance to the clinical improvement with danazol showed that the beneficial response was preferentially found in females.
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spelling doaj-art-4c236a7fff8e41968259016cbfd18e902025-08-20T01:56:38ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42271992-09-0150340240310.1590/S0004-282X1992000300025S0004-282X1992000300025Danazol a new perspective in the treatment of htlv-l associated myelopathy (preliminary report)Ailton Melo0Luciana Moura1Ana Meireles2Gerçonita Costa3Universidade Federal da BahiaUniversidade Federal da BahiaUniversidade Federal da BahiaUniversidade Federal da BahiaWe investigated the efficacy of danazol treatment in eight patients with HTLV-l associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Treatment with danazol yielded clinical improvement of urinary control and gait disturbances in 7 out of the 8 patients. The improvement was noted within 15 days of danazol administration. Analysis of factors of relevance to the clinical improvement with danazol showed that the beneficial response was preferentially found in females.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1992000300025&lng=en&tlng=enparaparesia espástica tropicalHTLV-1mielopatiadanazoltratamento da HAM
spellingShingle Ailton Melo
Luciana Moura
Ana Meireles
Gerçonita Costa
Danazol a new perspective in the treatment of htlv-l associated myelopathy (preliminary report)
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
paraparesia espástica tropical
HTLV-1
mielopatia
danazol
tratamento da HAM
title Danazol a new perspective in the treatment of htlv-l associated myelopathy (preliminary report)
title_full Danazol a new perspective in the treatment of htlv-l associated myelopathy (preliminary report)
title_fullStr Danazol a new perspective in the treatment of htlv-l associated myelopathy (preliminary report)
title_full_unstemmed Danazol a new perspective in the treatment of htlv-l associated myelopathy (preliminary report)
title_short Danazol a new perspective in the treatment of htlv-l associated myelopathy (preliminary report)
title_sort danazol a new perspective in the treatment of htlv l associated myelopathy preliminary report
topic paraparesia espástica tropical
HTLV-1
mielopatia
danazol
tratamento da HAM
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