Neuropathology of two Brazilian autopsied cases of tropical spastic paraparesis / HTLV-I associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM) of long evolution

Neuropathology of two Brazilian autopsied cases of tropical spastic paraparesis / HTLV-I associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM) of long evolution

We report on a neuropathological analysis of two cases of TSP/HAM originating from Brazil. These two cases had, respectively, an evolution of 13 and 40 years. The main neuropathological findings consisted of spinal cord atrophy, mainly the lower thoracic cord, diffuse degeneration of the white and g...

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Main Authors: Carlos Maurício de Castro-Costa, René Dom, Herwig Carton, Patrick Goubau, Terezinha de Jesus Teixeira Santos, Márcia Valéria Pitombeira Ferreira, Francisco Ursino da Silva Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2002-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
TSP/HAM long evolution
neuropathological findings
spinal cord
rare inflammatory infiltration
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2002000400003&tlng=en
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