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Human leukocyte antigen class II alleles associated with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I infection and adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in a Black population.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 15 Apr 1998
Manns A, Hanchard B, Morgan O S, Wilks R, Cranston B, Nam J M, Blank M, Kuwayama M, Yashiki S, Fujiyoshi T, Blattner W, Sonoda S
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BACKGROUND: Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is linked to adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) and HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM; also known as tropical spastic paraparesis [TSP]), a chronic neurodegenerative disorder. Worldwide, several million HTLV-I carriers are at risk for...
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