Pathological and virological assessment of acute HTLV-I-associated myelopathy complicated with encephalopathy and systemic inflammation

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 207, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 87-93

  Puccioni Sohler, Marzia ^a,b,c   Chimelli, Leila ^a   Merçon, Monica ^a   Gonçalves, Reizer R ^a,b   Pimenta, Glicinia ^a   Bianco, Celso ^d   Rios, Maria ^e   Jacobson, Steven ^c,f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b CSF Neurolife Laboratory   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d America's Blood Centers   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

CSF; HAM TSP; HTLV I; HTLV I antibody index; HTLV I associated myelopathy tropical spastic paraparesis; Quantitative PCR; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HTLV-I ANTIBODIES; HTLV-I ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 12244279026     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(02)00413-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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