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Chronic Sensory Neuronopathy Associated With Human T‐Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I Infection
Author(s) -
Shimazaki R,
Ueyama H,
Mori T,
Mori M,
Fujimoto S,
Kumamoto T,
Tsuda T.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the peripheral nervous system
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1529-8027
pISSN - 1085-9489
DOI - 10.1046/j.1529-8027.2002.02026_22.x
Subject(s) - subclinical infection , myelopathy , medicine , sural nerve , sensory system , virus , pathology , immunology , virology , biology , spinal cord , neuroscience , psychiatry
We described two patients with chronic sensory neuronopathy who had anti‐HTLV‐I antibody in serum and cerebrospinal fluid but no signs of myelopathy, A sural nerve specimen revealed severe degeneration of myelinated and unmyelinated axons. The second patient had subclinical Sjogren's syndrome suggestive of a possible link among human T‐cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV‐I), Sjogren's syndrome and sensory neuronopathy, respectively. The broad spectrum of neurologic disorders associated with HTLV‐T infection now would include chronic sensory neuronopathy.

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