Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I-associated facial nerve palsy in Trinidad and Tobago

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 806-809

  Bartholomew, Courtenay ^a,b   Cleghorn, Farley ^c   Jack, Noreen ^b   Edwards, Jeffrey ^b   Blattner, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Caribbean Epidemiology Centre   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DELTARETROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0030976886     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410410617     Document Type: Article

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