Association of cytokines, neurological disability, and disease duration in HAM/TSP patients Associação de citocinas, incapacidade neurológica e duração da doença em pacientes com mielopatia associada ao HTLV-I/paraparesia espástica tropical (MAH/PET)

Association of cytokines, neurological disability, and disease duration in HAM/TSP patients Associação de citocinas, incapacidade neurológica e duração da doença em pacientes com mielopatia associada ao HTLV-I/paraparesia espástica tropical (MAH/PET)

OBJECTIVE: To identify clinical and immunological markers associated with HTLV-I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). METHOD: 237 HTLV-I infected individuals were clinically assessed. They were classified according to the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and Osame’s M...

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Main Authors: André Luiz Muniz, Waldyr Rodrigues Jr., Silvane B. Santos, Amélia R. de Jesus, Aurélia F. Porto, Néviton Castro, Jamary Oliveira-Filho, Juliana Passos Almeida, Otávio Moreno-Carvalho, Edgar M. Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2006-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
vírus 1 linfotrópico T humano
doenças do sistema nervoso
citocinas
incapacidade neurológica
human T-lymphotropic virus 1
nervous system diseases
cytokines
neurological disability
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