HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis Overlapping Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum

HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis Overlapping Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum

HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is an important cause of nontraumatic and noncompressive chronic myelopathy which generally has no improvement regardless of treatment. On the other hand, ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) is also a cause of myelopathy; ho...

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Main Authors: Guilherme Gago, Luidia Varrone Giacomini, Frederico de Lima Gibbon, Euripedes Gomes de Carvalho Neto, Fernando Kowacs, Nelson Pires Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2020-09-01
Series:Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
Subjects:
chronic myelopathy
tropical spastic paraparesis
ossification of the ligamentum flavum
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1710106
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