Neurologic complications of HTLV-1: a review

Auteurs-es

  • Abelardo Q-C Araujo

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.46979/rbn.v55i2.26903

Mots-clés :

Neurologia

Résumé

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 paraparesis (HAM/TSP). However, HAM/TSP is not the only neurological outcome that can result from HTLV-1 infection. In this Review it is made an update on the many aspects of this important neurological condition, the HTLV-1 neurological complex

Téléchargements

Publié-e

2019-07-11

Numéro

Vol. 55 No. 2 (2019)

Rubrique

Artigos

Licence

Aceito para publicação, fica entendido que o trabalho torna-se propriedade permanente da RBN que reserva os direitos autorais do artigo publicado, permitindo, entretanto, sua posterior reprodução como transcrição, com a devida citação da fonte, mediante autorização prévia por escrito.