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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| A, 2, III | Experimental | Patients with side effects to corticosteroids |
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| B | Experimental | patient with corticosteroids |
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| 3 | Experimental | Valproic acid and corticosteroids |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valproic acid | Drug | 15 mg/kg/day |
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| costicosteroids |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Neurological sacles | 24 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of life | 2009 |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Institute of Tropical Medicine at Sao Paulo University | São Paulo | São Paulo | 0543903 | Brazil |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D015493 | Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D009187 | Myelitis |
| D002494 | Central Nervous System Infections |
| D007239 | Infections |
| D015490 | HTLV-I Infections |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D014635 | Valproic Acid |
| D000305 | Adrenal Cortex Hormones |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D010421 | Pentanoic Acids |
| D014631 | Valerates |
| D000144 | Acids, Acyclic |
| D002264 | Carboxylic Acids |
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| Drug |
metypredsolone 1 g/day |
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| valproid acid plus corticosteroids | Drug | valporid acid 15 mg/kg/day plus corticosteroids 1 g/patient |
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| D006800 |
| Deltaretrovirus Infections |
| D012192 | Retroviridae Infections |
| D012327 | RNA Virus Infections |
| D014777 | Virus Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D013118 | Spinal Cord Diseases |
| D000090862 | Neuroinflammatory Diseases |
| D009930 |
| Organic Chemicals |
| D005232 | Fatty Acids, Volatile |
| D005227 | Fatty Acids |
| D008055 | Lipids |
| D006728 | Hormones |
| D006730 | Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists |