Pathogenetic significance of HTLV-I infection and immune surveillance in HAM

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-23

  Fujihara, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody dependent cell mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC); Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL); HTLV I associated myelopathy (HAM); Immune surveillance; Natural killer (NK) cells

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANTIBODY DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EFFECTOR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; KILLER CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIBODY-DEPENDENT CELL CYTOTOXICITY; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC SURVEILLANCE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 0033055426     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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