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Nation-wide epidemiological study of Japanese patients with rare viral myelopathy using novel registration system (HAM-net)
25 May 2016
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: At least one million people are infected with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in Japan, a small percentage of whom develop HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) or adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL). Patients with HAM/TSP suffer from progressively worsening myelopathic symptoms, such as motor disability and bladder dysfunction, and may become...
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