Immunocytochemical analysis of the cellular infiltrate in the spinal cord lesions in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy.

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Immunocytochemical staining of spinal cords from five autopsied patients with HAM/TSP was performed using a panel of monoclonal antibodies reactive with T cells. T cell subsets, B cells, macrophages, natural killer cells, IL-2 receptor-positive cells, and HLA-ABC and HLA-DR. In the spinal cords of patients with a shorter duration of illness, CD4+ cells, CD8+ cells and macrophages were evenly distributed in...

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