IDENTITY OF HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS AND HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY

The Lancet

Volumn 331, Issue 8586, 1988, Pages 651-

  Roman GustavoC ^a   Osame, Mitsuhiro ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

DELTARETROVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMAN; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0013684858     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(88)91452-3     Document Type: Letter

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