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    Dystonia and Parkinsonism in COA7-related disorders: expanding the phenotypic spectrum

    Biallelic mutations in the COA7 gene have been associated with spinocerebellar ataxia with axonal neuropathy type 3 (SCAN3), and a notable clinical diversity has been observed. We aim to identify the genetic and ...

    Yujiro Higuchi, Masahiro Ando, Fumikazu Kojima, Junhui Yuan in Journal of Neurology (2024)

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    HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraplegia with sporadic late-onset nemaline myopathy: a case report

    Sporadic late onset nemaline myopathy (SLONM) is a muscle disorder characterized by the presence of nemaline rods in muscle fibers. SLONM has no known genetic cause but has been associated with monoclonal gamm...

    Eiji Matsuura, Satoshi Nozuma, Ayano Shigehisa in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2023)

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    A case of autoimmune hepatitis with thymoma and myasthenia gravis

    A 44-year-old woman presented with cough, facial edema, and progressive fatigue. Computed tomography (CT) showed an anterior mediastinal mass, and laboratory findings showed liver injury. She was diagnosed wit...

    Haruka Sakae, Seiichi Mawatari, Kohei Oda in Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology (2022)

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    Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and cellular immune response in HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis

    Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is associated with adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). HAM/TSP is an inflammatory disease of the s...

    Satoshi Nozuma, Ryuji Kubota, Steven Jacobson in Journal of NeuroVirology (2020)

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    Effects of host restriction factors and the HTLV-1 subtype on susceptibility to HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis

    Although human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is a prerequisite for the development of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), specific provirus mutations in HAM/TS...

    Satoshi Nozuma, Eiji Matsuura, Daisuke Kodama, Yuichi Tashiro in Retrovirology (2017)

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    Analysis of the association between the sex and disease courses of 132 consequent patients with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/Tropic spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP)

    Eiji Matsuura, Satoshi Nozuma, Ryuji Kubota, Shuji Izumo in Retrovirology (2015)

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    Clinical presentation of axial myopathy in two siblings with HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP)

    The clinical features of myositis related with Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) remains unclear despite epidemiological studies suggesting inflammatory myopathy associated with the virus.

    Eiji Matsuura, Akiko Yoshimura, Satoshi Nozuma, Itsuro Higuchi in BMC Neurology (2015)

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    Clinical features of familial HAM/TSP

    Satoshi Nozuma, Eiji Matsuura, Toshio Matsuzaki, Osamu Watanabe in Retrovirology (2014)

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    Inflammation with HTLV-1-specific CTLs occurs in the spinal cord of HTLV-1 carriers and the brain of the patients with HAM/TSP

    Eiji Matsuura, Satoshi Nozuma, Toshio Matsuzaki, Osamu Watanabe in Retrovirology (2014)