Manifestations of the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I infection in childhood and adolescence

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 411-420

  Bittencourt, Achiléa Lisboa ^a,b,c   Primo, Janeusa ^a   De Oliveira, Maria De Fátima Paim ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b CNPq Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas   (Brazil)

^c Grupo de Pesquisa Sobre Manifestacoes Infanto Juvenis da Infeccao Pelo HTLV I na Bahia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ATL in childhood and adolescence; HAM TSP in childhood and adolescence; HTLV I infection in childhood and adolescence; HTLV I associated infective dermatitis; Vertical transmission of HTLVI

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BACLOFEN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DANAZOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; OXCARBAZEPINE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISONE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; UVEITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ECZEMA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33845487339     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1573     Document Type: Review

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