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Four cases of polyneuropathy due to HTLV1
infection in
Imam Reza Hospital: North East of Iran
Nemati Karimooy Habiballah1, Hassanabady H2, Rafatpanah
H3
ABSTRACT
HTLV1 is the first retrovirus which is known to infect human. HTLV1 infection has two important manifestations including neurologic and hematologic disorders. We report four cases of HTLV1 polyneuropathy managed between 1999 and 2004 at Imam Reza Hospital Mashad, (north east of Iran). In all the four patients the disease started with paresthesia followed by muscle weakness. All patients had areflexia and most of them suffered from distal hypoesthesia.
KEY WORDS: Retrovirus, HIV, HTLV1, Polyneuropathy.
Pak J Med Sci April 2007 Vol. 23 No. 2 283-286
1. Dr. Nemati Karimooy Habiballah
2. Dr. Hassanabady H
3. Dr. Rafatpanah H
1-2: Neurology Unit,
Department of Internal Medicine,
Imam Reza Hospital,
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences,
Mashhad - Iran.
3: Department of Immunology Ghaem Hospital,
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences,
Mashhad - Iran.
Correspondence:
Dr. Nemati Karimooy Habiballah ,
Imam Reza Hospital,
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences,
Mashhad,
Iran.
Email: h_nemati_k@yahoo.com
* Received for Publication: February 3, 2006
* Revision Received: October 5, 2006
* Revision Accepted: October 10, 2006
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