HTLV-I AND TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS IN AFRICA

The Lancet

Volumn 328, Issue 8508, 1986, Pages 698-

  Gessain, A ^a   Francis, H ^a   Sonan, T ^b   Giordano, C ^b   Akani, F ^b   Piquemal, M ^b   Caudie, C ^c   Malone, G ^d   Essex, M ^d   De Thé, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARESIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DELTARETROVIRUS; DELTARETROVIRUS ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PARALYSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0022532675     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(86)90218-7     Document Type: Letter

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