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Serum concentration and genetic polymorphism in the 5'-untraslated region of VEGF is not associated with susceptibility to HTLV-I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) in HTLV-I infected individuals.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Apr 2004
Saito Mineki, Usuku Koichiro, Nobuhara Yasuyuki, Matsumoto Wataru, Kodama Daisuke, Sabouri Amir H, Izumo Shuji, Arimura Kimiyoshi, Osame Mitsuhiro
Abstract excerpt
HTLV-I- associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is one outcome of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection. It remains unknown why the majority of infected people remain healthy whereas only approximately 2-3% of infected individuals develop the disease. Recently, it has been reported that increased plasma concentrations of VEGF were significantly related to high ATL cell...
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