HTLV-1 polymyositis

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 151-154

  Caldwell, C J ^a   Barrett, W Y ^b   Breuer, J ^b   Farmer, S F ^b   Swash, M ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HTLV 1; Myelopathy; Polymyositis; Tax gene

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MACROPHAGE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE REGENERATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYMPTOM; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0029943485     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-8966(96)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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