Ludolph A C, Hugon J, Román G C, Spencer P S, Schoenberg B S
Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Federal Republic of Germany.
Muscle Nerve. 1988 Apr;11(4):392-7. doi: 10.1002/mus.880110417.
During a field study in the Seychelles Islands, 19 patients with tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) were evaluated electrophysiologically. Methods of assessment included motor and sensory nerve conduction studies, electromyography, and analysis of the somatosensory evoked potentials after stimulation of the tibial and median nerves. The results showed that the most prominent feature of the disease, a spastic paraparesis, is accompanied by subclinical involvement of spinal sensory pathways and a comparatively minor peripheral sensorimotor polyneuropathy.
在塞舌尔群岛进行的一项实地研究中，对19例热带痉挛性截瘫（TSP）患者进行了电生理评估。评估方法包括运动和感觉神经传导研究、肌电图以及刺激胫神经和正中神经后体感诱发电位的分析。结果显示，该疾病最突出的特征，即痉挛性截瘫，伴有脊髓感觉通路的亚临床受累以及相对较轻的周围感觉运动性多发性神经病。
