The seroprevalence of HTLV-I in patients with ocular diseases, pregnant women and healthy volunteers in the Kanto district, central Japan

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-221

  Goto, Kaori ^a   Sato, Keiji ^b   Kurita, Masayuki ^b   Masuhara, Nami ^a   Iijima, Yasuhito ^a   Saeki, Kozo ^b   Ohno, Shigeaki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Odawara Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROIDITIS; EPISCLERITIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SEROPREVALENCE; UVEITIS;

EID: 0030792146     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709019031     Document Type: Article

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