Clinical features of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) in northeast Iran
| Autor: | Mahmoud Reza Azarpazhooh, Peyman Hashemi, Ali Bazarbachi, Mohammad Reza Hedayati-Moghaddam, Mohsen Foroghipour, Naghme Mokhber, Amir Azarpazhooh, Houshang Rafatpanah, Ali Shoeibi, Reza Farid Hoseini, Amin Amiri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty Neurology Blood transfusion Adolescent Cross-sectional study medicine.medical_treatment Iran Young Adult Myelopathy Risk Factors immune system diseases hemic and lymphatic diseases Internal medicine mental disorders Tropical spastic paraparesis Epidemiology Prevalence medicine Humans Registries Young adult Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry virus diseases HTLV 1-associated myelopathy General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Paraparesis Tropical Spastic Surgery Cross-Sectional Studies Female Neurology (clinical) business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Neurologica Belgica. 113:427-433 |
| ISSN: | 2240-2993 0300-9009 |
| Popis: | This study aimed to introduce clinical manifestations of patients in northeast Iran with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and describe the epidemiological features, as well as risk factors for HTLV-1 infection. This is a cross-sectional study of HTLV-1 infected cases and HAM/TSP patients referred by outpatient neurology clinics as well as Mashhad Blood Transfusion Center from 2005 to 2010. The study comprises 513 cases, including 358 healthy carriers (HCs) and 145 HAM/TSP patients. The majority of carriers were male (73.5 %), whereas 67.6 % of HAM/TSP sufferers were female (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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