Neurologic complications of HTLV-1: a review
Rev. bras. neurol; 55 (2), 2019
The human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus that infects about 20 million people worldwide and causes immune-mediated diseases of the nervous system. The classical neurological presentation of HTLV-1 infection is the so-called HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic parapare...
Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso/diagnóstico, Infecciones por HTLV-I/diagnóstico, Infecciones por HTLV-I/complicaciones, Paraparesia Espástica Tropical/etiología, Infecciones por HTLV-I/tratamiento farmacológico, Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral, Corticosterona/uso terapéutico, Progresión de la Enfermedad, Diagnóstico Diferencial