[HTML][HTML] Multiple sclerosis: diagnosis and differential diagnosis

S Ömerhoca, SY Akkaş, NK İçen - Archives of Neuropsychiatry, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis (MS) have been continuously evolved since
1950's, and gained speed parallel to the development of detailed laboratory methods. The …

Human T cell leukemia virus type 1: persistence and pathogenesis

CRM Bangham - Annual review of immunology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), also known as human T lymphotropic virus
type 1, was the first exogenous human retrovirus discovered. Unlike the distantly related …

[HTML][HTML] Mogamulizumab (Anti-CCR4) in HTLV-1–associated myelopathy

T Sato, ALG Coler-Reilly, N Yagishita… - … England Journal of …, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) causes the debilitating
neuroinflammatory disease HTLV-1–associated myelopathy–tropical spastic paraparesis …

Cytokine networks dysregulation during HTLV-1 infection and associated diseases

N Futsch, G Prates, R Mahieux, J Casseb, H Dutartre - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the causative agent of a neural chronic
inflammation, called HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) …

Proposal of classification criteria for HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis disease activity

T Sato, N Yagishita, K Tamaki, E Inoue… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic
paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a rare chronic neuroinflammatory disease. While the disease …

Common clinical and imaging conditions misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis: a current approach to the differential diagnosis of multiple sclerosis

A Siva - Neurologic clinics, 2018 - neurologic.theclinics.com
The prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) is on the increase, 1, 2 which in large is likely to
be due to an increased awareness both by the medical and nonmedical communities …

Viral antigens detectable in CSF exosomes from patients with retrovirus associated neurologic disease: functional role of exosomes

MR Anderson, ML Pleet, Y Enose-Akahata… - Clinical and …, 2018 - Springer
Background HTLV-1 infects over 20 million people worldwide and causes a progressive
neuroinflammatory disorder in a subset of infected individuals called HTLV-1 associated …

How to Control HTLV-1-Associated Diseases: Preventing de Novo Cellular Infection Using Antiviral Therapy

A Pasquier, S Alais, L Roux, MI Thoulouze… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Five to ten million individuals are infected by Human T-cell Leukemia Virus type 1 (HTLV-1).
HTLV-1 is transmitted through prolonged breast-feeding, by sexual contacts and by …

Revisiting human T-cell lymphotropic virus types 1 and 2 infections among rural population in Gabon, central Africa thirty years after the first analysis

M Caron, G Besson, C Padilla, M Makuwa… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
HTLV-1 infection is considered as highly endemic in central Africa. Thirty years ago, a first
epidemiological study was performed in Gabon, central Africa, and revealed that the …

Comprehensive Antiretroviral Restriction Factor Profiling Reveals the Evolutionary Imprint of the ex Vivo and in Vivo IFN-β Response in HTLV-1-Associated …

FE Leal, SM Menezes, EAS Costa, PM Brailey… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy (HAM/TSP) is a progressive neuroinflammatory disorder for
which no disease-modifying treatment exists. Modest clinical benefit from type I interferons …