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Article: HTLV-1 and the Peripheral Nervous System.
- Article from:
- Neurology Alert
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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HTLV-1 and the Peripheral Nervous System
Abstract & Commentary
By Michael Rubin, MD, Professor of Clinical Neurology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell Campus. Dr. Rubin is on the speaker's bureau for Athena Diagnostics, and does research for Pfizer and Merck.
Synopsis: Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-1) is a human retrovirus and the etiologic agent for a progressive neurological disease called HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Although masked by the more prominent myelopathy, involvement of the peripheral nervous system also occurs.
Source: Grindstaff P, Gruener G. The Peripheral ...