The association of antibodies against human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) pX gene mutant products with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1115-1122

  Suzuki, Jun ^b   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a   Baba, Eishi ^b   Nakamura, Minoru ^b   Koyanagi, Yoshio ^b   Nakamura, Tatsufumi ^b   Kawano, Yuji ^b   Yamasaki, Kenji ^b   Shirabe, Susumu ^b   Hatano, Naoya ^b   Hayashi, Kenshi ^b   Yamamoto, Naoki ^b   Kobayashi, Takuro ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; T CELL LEUKEMIA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS MUTANT;

EID: 19144372179     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.5.1115     Document Type: Article

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