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Introduction to the study of adult T-cell leukemia and HTLV-I sero-positivity in Romania.
Romanian journal of internal medicine = Revue roumaine de medecine interne - 1 Jan 2000
Moţoiu I R, Pecek M M, Dumitrescu A, Coliţă A, Necula A, Moldoveanu E, Coliţă D
Abstract excerpt
The study presents 6 cases of leukemia/lymphoma (with mature T-cells) corresponding to the diagnostic criteria of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL): adult age onset of leukemia/lymphoma, organomegaly but normal mediastinum, leukemic cells with typical morphology and phenotype hypercalcemia. The evolution of disease was severe of subacute with resistance or partial response to therapy. The virologic assays were positive...
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