[Tropical spastic paraparesis in the tropics and Brazil. A historical analysis].

C M, de Castro-Costa; H, Carton; P, Goubau; E G, de Figueiredo; S D, Giffoni

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[Tropical spastic paraparesis in the tropics and Brazil. A historical analysis].

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 14 Jul 1994 Portuguese Journal:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, volume 52 (issn: 0004-282X,

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Authors: C M, de Castro-Costa; H, Carton; P, Goubau; E G, de Figueiredo; S D, Giffoni;

pmid: 8002798

[Tropical spastic paraparesis in the tropics and Brazil. A historical analysis].

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Abstract

The tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) is a chronic myelopathy, predominant in the tropics, recently known to be of retroviral origin (HTLV-I). This paper aims at delineating the clinico-etiological evolution of this entity. The historical analysis of it showed that the TSP has had, along decades, many different denominations and the discovery of the retroviral origin for some of them has stimulated new paths of research and epidemiological interest in the tropics and Brazil.

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Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio
Brazil
Universidade Federal do Ceará
Brazil

Keywords

Humans, History, 19th Century, History, 20th Century, Brazil, Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic

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