Clinical Case Reports (Jul 2021)

Pregnancy complicated by HTLV‐1‐associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP): a case report

  • Hiroshi Mori,
  • Eiji Shibata,
  • Tomoichiro Kuwazuru,
  • Takayuki Uchimura,
  • Emi Kondo,
  • Yukio Iwanaka,
  • Kiyoshi Yoshino

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4511
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 7
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract Pregnancy was not associated with deterioration of HAM nor was HAM associated with adverse pregnancy outcome in this case. These findings suggest that women with HAM/TSP, even those who use a wheelchair, should not be discouraged from pregnancy.

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