Publications by authors named "Ayrton S Ferreira"
Sphincter abnormality in polytransfused patient due to paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH): initial manifestation of tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1 associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM).
Ayrton Silva Ferreira Carlos Maurício de Castro Costa Irna Kaden de Sousa Dantas Terezinha de Jesus Teixeira Santos Samuel Bovy de Castro Costa
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
December 2010
Objective: Tropical Spastic Paraparesis/HTLV-I Associated Myelopathy (TSP/HAM) is a chronic myelopathy, and pain has been mentioned as a frequent sensory symptom in this condition. The authors aimed at analyzing this symptom in a TSP/HAM patients series.
Method: For this, 46 patients were analyzed considering demographic and clinical characteristics and complaint of pain as to verbal description, time of onset and classification, correlated with the degree of motor disability and type of pain.