Recent studies on the epidemiology, clinical features and pathogenic mechanisms of HTLV-I associated myelopathy (HAM/TSP) and other diseases associated to HTLV

J Neurovirol. 1997 May:3 Suppl 1:S50-1.

Authors

M Osame¹, M Nakagawa, F Umehara, S Ijichi, T Moritoyo, I Higuchi, K Usuku, K Arimura, S Izumo

Affiliation

¹ Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.

PMID: 9179793

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Blood Component Removal
Blood-Brain Barrier
Brain / immunology
Brain / pathology
Brain / physiopathology
CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / immunology
CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / immunology
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / isolation & purification*
Humans
Hydrocortisone / therapeutic use
Japan / epidemiology
Models, Biological
Neurons / pathology
Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / epidemiology*
Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / physiopathology*
Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / therapy
Parasympathomimetics / therapeutic use
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
Propiophenones / therapeutic use

Substances

Parasympathomimetics
Propiophenones
eperisone
Prednisolone
Hydrocortisone