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Tropical neuropathy is a class of illnesses with similar signs and symptoms, including konzo, tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP), and tropical ataxic neuropathy (TAN). TAN is poorly understood, and some researchers subdivide it further into separate illnesses.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Netto, AB; Netto, CM; Mahadevan, A; Taly, AB; Agadi, JB (2016). "Tropical ataxic neuropathy - A century old enigma". Neurology India. 64 (6): 1151–1159. doi:10.4103/0028-3886.193755. PMID 27841178.
  2. ^ Román, Gustavo C. (2014). "Tropical myelopathies". Neurologic Aspects of Systemic Disease Part III. Handbook of Clinical Neurology. Vol. 121. pp. 1521–1548. doi:10.1016/B978-0-7020-4088-7.00102-4. ISBN 9780702040887. PMID 24365434.
  3. ^ Román, GC; Spencer, PS; Schoenberg, BS (August 1985). "Tropical myeloneuropathies: the hidden endemias". Neurology. 35 (8): 1158–70. doi:10.1212/wnl.35.8.1158. PMID 2991814. S2CID 20850916.

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