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Sequence heterogeneity of HTLV-I proviral DNA in the central nervous system of patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy.
Annals of neurology - 1 Aug 1994
Kira J, Koyanagi Y, Yamada T, Itoyama Y, Tateishi J, Akizuki S, Kishikawa M, Baba E, Nakamura M, Suzuki J
Abstract excerpt
The nucleotide sequence of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in central nervous system tissue was determined in 3 autopsy cases with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM)/tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) and 1 seropositive carrier without HAM/TSP but with multiple sclerosis. All HAM/TSP samples (3 spinal cords and 2 brains) and the sample from the seropositive carrier without HAM/TSP (brain) were positive...
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