Low copy numbers of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) tax- like DNA detected in the salivary gland of seronegative patients with Sjogren's syndrome in an HTLV-I endemic area

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 435-440

  Mizokami, A ^a   Eguchi, K ^a   Moriuchi, R ^a   Futsuki, Y ^a   Terada, K ^a   Nakamura, H ^a   Miyamoto, T ^a   Katamine, S ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV I); Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Sjogren syndrome

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SERODIAGNOSIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 0031760070     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030097498442262     Document Type: Article

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