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What is tropical spastic paraparesis?
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Disorder of sp cord: A subacute condition with impairment of lower extremity >upper extremity function, sensory abnormalities, bladder functioning and girdling lumbar pain. About 80 % of patients with tsp have antibodies to htlv-1 (not aids virus..Htlv-3) the disorder and similar disorders were described in caribbean patients.
Answered 2/16/2015
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