Low prevalence of flower cells in U.S.A. blood donors infected with human T-lymphotrophic virus types I and II

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 758-763

  Sacher, Ronald A ^a   Luban, Naomi L C ^b   Ameti, Dannie I ^c   Friend, Shirley ^c   Schreiber, George B ^c   Murphy, Edward L ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

^d Georgetown Univ Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

ATL; Cell morphology; Flower cells; HTLV I; HTLV II

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; CELL SIZE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL, ACUTE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES;

EID: 0033059460     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01408.x     Document Type: Article

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