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Comparison between the spastic paraplegia rating scale, Kurtzke scale, and Osam...
Adry,Rodrigo Antonio Rocha da Cruz; Lins,Catarina Cöuras; Kruschewsky,Ramon de Almeida; Castro Filho,Bernardo GalvãoINTRODUCTION:The objective of this study was to compare Osame's scale of motor incapacity and the expanded scale of the state of incapacity of Kurtzke with the spastic paraplegia rating scale for the clinical evaluation of patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). METHODS: Patients with the diagnosis of infection by HTLV-I/HTLV-II and with the clinical suspicion of HAM/T...
Evolution of HTLV-1 proviral load in patients from Salvador, Brazil
Olavarria,Viviana Nilla; Gomes,Alline do Nascimento; Kruschewsky,Ramon de Almeida; Galvão-Castro,Bernardo; Grassi,Maria Fernanda RiosINTRODUCTION: Variations in human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) proviral load (PVL) in infected individuals over time are not well understood. Objective: To evaluate the evolution of proviral load in asymptomatic individuals and HAM/TSP patients in order to help determine periodicity for measuring proviral load. METHODS: A group of 104 HTLV-1 infected patients, followed at the HTLV reference center ...