A case of polyneuropathy with B-CLL and HTLV-I associated myelopathy (HAM)

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 701-703

  Akamatsu, Maiko M ^a   Mitsui, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kihara, Mikihiro ^a   Ohtsuka, Kayo ^a   Takahashi, Mitsuo ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti ganglioside antibodies; B CLL; HTLV I associated myelopathy; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DEMYELINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POLYNEUROPATHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURAL NERVE;

AGED; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL, CHRONIC; MALE; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; POLYNEUROPATHIES;

EID: 0031464650     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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