MRI of thoracic cord in tropical spastic paraparesis.
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MRI of thoracic cord in tropical spastic paraparesis.
MRI of thoracic cord in tropical spastic paraparesis Tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) is a disease occurring in Afro-Caribbeans following HTLV-1 retro-virus infection. There is some evidence that the geographical and ethnic distribution ofHTLV-1 illness is even wider' and HTLV-1 associated myelopathy (HAM) in Japan is probably the same disorder. Abnormalities are found on MRI of the brain in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.53.12.1110-a