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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
Tropical spastic paraparesis is the same clinical entity all over the world. It has been suggested that some clinical presentation differences are due to not well defined environmental factors that act along with the virus, modifying the start and progression of the disease. We analyzed 25 publications on the disease coming from different parts of the world, aiming to unravel regional differences. In these reports, we found different degrees of subclinical abnormalities in visual and somatosensory evoked potentials, nerve conduction studies, superior and inferior limb F wave and electromyography. It is concluded that genetic, environmental and even cultural factors may influence the clinical presentation of tropical spastic paraparesis and explain the detected differences in the reports analyzed in this study.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0034-9887
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
122
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
265-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
[Tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) in different regions of the world. Subclinical and geographic differences in neurophysiologic studies].
pubmed:affiliation
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't