Elderly people with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1-associated myelopathy present an early impairment in cognitive skills.
Beatriz Rezende Matos de SousaLudimila LabancaMaria Luiza DinizNathália de Castro Botini RausseDenise Utsch GonçalvesPublished in: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (2023)
Individuals with HAM presented cognitive decline that progressed with aging and, although HTLV-1-asymptomatic carriers appear to present cognitive aging similar to that of healthy elderly people, concern about a subclinical cognitive impairment is warranted in this population.