An imported case of adult T cell leukemia in a HTLV-I-infected patient in Italy

New Microbiologica

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-186

  Re, M C ^a   Gianni, L ^b   Sassi, M ^a   Monari, P ^a   Imola, M ^b   La Placa, M ^a   Gibellini, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Infermi   (Italy)

Author keywords

ATL; HTLV I; PCR

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE; VINDESINE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; ITALY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSTITUTION; PROVIRUS; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; T CELL LEUKEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NIGERIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; ITALY; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; NIGERIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 3042624998     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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