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Characterization of humoral and cellular immunity in the central nervous system of HAM/TSP.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 1 Jun 1995
Matsui M, Nagumo F, Tadano J, Kuroda Y
Abstract excerpt
In HTLV-I-associated myelopathy or tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) immunopathological processes in the central nervous system (CNS) have not been clarified. We compared the humoral and cellular immunity within the CNS and in the systemic circulation of 24 patients with HAM/TSP (8 men and 16 women) to 6 asymptomatic HTLV-I carriers, 7 patients with active multiple sclerosis, 6 patients with acute viral...
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