Experience of human lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in an East London Hospital

Journal of Infection

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-39

  Hoque, S ^a   Kelsey, S ^a   Van Der Walt, J D ^a   Breuer, J ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INDIAN; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; REVIEW; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MUNICIPAL; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0029876186     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(96)80007-7     Document Type: Article

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