Neuropathology of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (HAM/TSP): The 50th Anniversary of Japanese Society of Neuropathology

Neuropathology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 480-485

  Izumo, Shuji ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HAM TSP; HTLV 1; immunohistochemistry; in situ PCR; pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD LESION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VIRUS DETECTION; AXON; BRAIN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; INFLAMMATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYELIN SHEATH; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY;

APOPTOSIS; AXONS; BRAIN; HTLV-I ANTIBODIES; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MYELIN SHEATH; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; SPINAL CORD; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 77957292715     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2010.01135.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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