Multiple Sclerosis Infected by Human Lymphotropic Virus Type-1 (HTLV-1)-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis T-Cell (HAM/TSP); A Case Report

Saeed Shahbeigi, Kourosh Gharegozli, Hossein Pakdaman, Mojdeh Bolouchian and Ayse Altintas
Additional contact information
Hossein Pakdaman: Department of Neurology, Shahid Beheshti Medical University Research Center, Iran
Mojdeh Bolouchian: Department of Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad university, Iran
Ayse Altintas: Department of Neurology, Koc University, Turkey

Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 8-11

Abstract: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurologic disease that affects female more than male and estimated as the major neurologic cause of disability in adult between 20 to 40 years old. Around 2.5 million people have been suffered from MS in all parts of the world. In addition to that, Human lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis T-cell (HAM/TSP) is a severe chronic neurological disease caused by Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1). HAM/TSP is a neurological disease that causes disability as well. In endemic area, HAM/TSP is one of the major disorders that mimics primary progressive type of MS.

Keywords: Open Access Journal of Neurology; Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery; Open Access Journal; juniper publishers; neurology open access journals; journal of neurology; neurology indexed journals; neurology scholarly journals; journal of neurology; neurology journals impact factor; juniper publishers reivew (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://juniperpublishers.com/oajnn/pdf/OAJNN.MS.ID.555779.pdf (application/pdf)
https://juniperpublishers.com/oajnn/OAJNN.MS.ID.555779.php (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:adp:joajnn:v:10:y:2019:i:1:p:8-11

DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2019.10.555779

Access Statistics for this article

Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery is currently edited by Sophia Mathis

More articles in Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery from Juniper Publishers Inc.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Robert Thomas ().