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Eur J Neurol. 1994 Sep;1(1):97-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.1994.tb00057.x.

Chronic paraparesis associated with human T-lymphotropic virus type I beginning after dental extraction.

European journal of neurology

F J Jiménez-Jiménez, E García-Albea, F Cabrera-Valdivia, L Ayuso-Peralta, J Tejeiro, A Vaquero

Affiliations

  1. Section of Neurology, Hospital Universitario 'Príncipe de Asturias', Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 24283436 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.1994.tb00057.x

Abstract

We report a patient with a chronic paraparesis associated with human T-lymphotropic virus I infection (HTLV-I antibodies were present in blood and CSF), which began after a dental extraction. We suggest the possible relation of the dental procedure with the triggering of the disease.

1994 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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