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Yoshika Yonenaga, MD; Kimiyoshi Arimura, MD; Masahito Suehara, MD; Yumiko Arimura, MD; Mitsuhiro Osame, MD

Arch Neurol. 1989;46(5):513-516.

Abstract
• Thirty-six patients with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)—associated myelopathy were studied by electroencephalogram. Twenty-two of 36 patients showed mild to moderate electroencephalographic abnormalities, ranging from poor organization or slowing of the background activity to theta bursts and/ or spikes. None of these abnormalities were considered specific for HTLV-I—associated myelopathy. These electroencephalographic abnormalities had no apparent relationship to duration or severity of illness, nor to HTLV-I antibody titers in the cerebrospinal fluid. We document electroencephalographic changes in HTLV-I—associated myelopathy. Our data are consistent with previous reports describing the fact that involvement of regions above the spinal cord may exist in HTLV-I—associated myelopathy.

Author Affiliations
From the Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima (Japan) University.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication August 22, 1988.

Reprint requests to Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, 1208-1 Usuki-cho, Kagoshima 890, Japan (Dr Yonenaga).

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