Neurologic consequences of HTLV-II infection in injection-drug users

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1556-1560

  Dooneief, G ^a,b,c   Marlink, R ^d   Bell, K ^a,b,c   Marder, K ^a,b,c   Renjifo, B ^d   Stern, Y ^a,b,c   Mayeux, R ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Epidemiology   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d Harvard AIDS Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DRUG ABUSE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029902565     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.6.1556     Document Type: Article

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