Brazilian studies on tropical spastic paraparesis: a meta-analysis

Tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) is a chronic progressive myelopathy and in most of the cases has a retroviral (HTLV-1) etiology, when it is denominated HTLV-1 associated-mielopathy (HAM/TSP). Around 433 cases of TSP have been described in Northeast and Southeast Brazil. Among these cases, 157 (36...

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Main Authors: C.M. de Castro Costa, H. Carton, P. Goubau, J.A.C. D'Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 1994-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1994000400023&lng=en&tlng=en