Use of cerebrospinal fluid CXCL10 and neopterin as biomarkers in HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis treated with steroids

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2020 Mar;91(3):321-323. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2019-321955. Epub 2019 Oct 29.
No abstract available

Keywords: HTLV1.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Chemokine CXCL10 / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Human T-lymphotropic virus 1*
  • Humans
  • Neopterin / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / drug therapy*
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • CXCL10 protein, human
  • Chemokine CXCL10
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Neopterin
  • Prednisolone