CT Chest and pulmonary functional changes in patients with HTLV-associated myelopathy in the Eastern Brazilian Amazon.

The aim of this study was to compare computed tomography (CT) scans of chest and lung function among patients with Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV) with and without HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). In this cross-sectional study performed between January 20...

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Main Authors: Luiz Fábio Magno Falcão, Aline Semblano Carreira Falcão, Rita Catarina Medeiros Sousa, Waldônio de Brito Vieira, Robson Tadachi Moraes de Oliveira, Valéria Marques Ferreira Normando, George Alberto da Silva Dias, Marcio Clementino de Souza Santos, Rodrigo Santiago Barbosa Rocha, Gilberto Toshimitsu Yoshikawa, Roberta Vilela Lopes Koyama, Satomi Fujihara, Víctor Augusto Cavaleiro Corrêa, Hellen Thais Fuzii, Juarez Antônio Simões Quaresma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5667869?pdf=render