Proposal of Classification Criteria for HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis Disease Activity

Proposal of Classification Criteria for HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis Disease Activity

Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a rare chronic neuroinflammatory disease. While the disease usually progresses slowly without remission, there is a subgroup of patients with rapid progression and another subgroup with very sl...

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Main Authors: Tomoo Sato, Naoko Yagishita, Keiko Tamaki, Eisuke Inoue, Daisuke Hasegawa, Misako Nagasaka, Hiroko Suzuki, Natsumi Araya, Ariella Coler-Reilly, Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Yoshio Tsuboi, Ayako Takata, Yoshihisa Yamano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
HTLV-1
HAM/TSP
classification criteria
disease activity
biomarker
neopterin
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01651/full

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