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  • Title: Pathological and immunological observations on tropical spastic paraparesis in patients from Jamaica.
    Author: Piccardo P, Ceroni M, Rodgers-Johnson P, Mora C, Asher DM, Char G, Gibbs CJ, Gajdusek DC.
    Journal: Ann Neurol; 1988; 23 Suppl():S156-60. PubMed ID: 2894808.
    Abstract:
    The neuropathological examination of the spinal cord of 2 Jamaican patients with classical tropical spastic paraparesis disclosed an intense chronic meningomyelitis with demyelination. In the 1 case in which serum and cerebrospinal fluid were available, antibodies to the human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 were found.
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