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Original

Quantitative assessment of spasticity in human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I–associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis

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Pages 70-73 | Received 02 Oct 2003, Accepted 04 Oct 2004, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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