Myelopathy and coinfection with HIV and HTLV-I

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1190-1191

  Berger, Joseph R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; PREVALENCE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

HIV INFECTIONS; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0031252436     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.4.1190-c     Document Type: Letter

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