Article
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 evoluti...
Topics
- Adult
- Blotting, Western
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- HTLV-I Antibodies
- HTLV-I Infections
- HTLV-II Antibodies
- Humans
- Leukemia, T-Cell
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Romania
- Seroepidemiologic Studies
