Difficulties in HAM/TSP diagnosis

The World Health Organization recommends the use of Osame's criterion (1990) for the diagnosis of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM/TSP). In 2006, a group of neurologists developed a Brazilian criterion that can diagnose HAM/TSP from its onset. OBJECTIVE: It was to test the agreement between bo...

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Main Authors: Carla Maria Sena Andrade Slater, Luiz Claudio Pereira Ribeiro, Marzia Puccioni-Sohler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2012-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2012000900007&lng=en&tlng=en