HTLV-1-associated myelopathy: first case reported in Taiwan.
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.
Wang
S J
SJ
Neurological Center, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Liu
H C
HC
Chi
C W
CW
Liu
T Y
TY
Chen
P M
PM
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology