Absence of evidence of HTLV-3 and HTLV-4 in patients with large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1503-1505

  Duong, Yen T ^a   Jia, Hongwei ^a   Lust, John A ^b   Garcia, Albert D ^a   Tiffany, Amanda J ^a   Heneine, Walid ^a   Switzer, William M ^a,c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE LEUKEMIA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIV; HIV-2; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTIC; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149125273     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2008.0128     Document Type: Article

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