Acute human T-lymphotropic virus type 1-associated myelopathy: A clinicopathologic study

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 873-876

  Kasahata, Naoki ^a   Shiota, Junichi ^a   Miyazawa, Yumi ^a   Nakano, Imaharu ^b   Murayama, Shigeo ^c  

^a Ushioda General Hospital   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

AUTOPSY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN; DELTARETROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0038120057     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.6.873     Document Type: Article

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