title: HTLV-1-associated myelopathy: first case reported in Taiwan.
abstract: Taiwan is geographically, culturally, and socially close to southern Japan, which is an endemic area of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1-associated myelopathy (HAM). Taiwan, however, is not an endemic area of HAM. We report the first case of HAM in a native Taiwanese, a 61-year-old woman, without known HTLV-1 risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Neurological Center, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology