title: Subacute myelo‑optic neuropathy, beriberi, and HTLV‑I‑associated myelopathy: elucidation of some neurological diseases in Japan.
abstract: Personal experience of the discovery of the cause, pathophysiology, and treatment as well as prevention of subacute myelo‑optic neuropathy, beriberi, and HTLV‑I‑associated myelopathy were described.
authors.affiliation: Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, Iwasaki‑cho, Nisshin, Aichi, Japan. aigata@nuas.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Igata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001602:Beriberi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D015984:Causality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D009471:Neuromyelitis Optica / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy