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Age-dependent paraparesis in WKA rats: evaluation of MHC k-haplotype and HTLV-1 infection.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 1 Aug 1999
Sun B, Fang J, Yagami K, Kushida S, Tanaka M, Uchida K, Miwa M
Abstract excerpt
Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is shown to be closely associated with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Although the occurrence of HAM/TSP was reported to be associated with MHC class II, the mechanism is still unclear. The WKA(RT1k) strain of rats was reported to develop HAM/TSP-like paraparesis after HTLV-1 infection, and was suggested to be an animal...
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