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Absence of antibody to HTLV I and III in Sera of Canadian patients with multiple sclerosis and chronic myelopathy

✍ Scribed by Dr G. P. A. Rice; H. A. Armstrong; D. E. Bulman; D. W. Paty; G. C. Ebers

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1986
Tongue: English
Weight: 244 KB
Volume: 20
Category: Article
ISSN: 0364-5134
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410200415

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✦ Synopsis

Recently, elevated titers of antibody to HTLV I have been demonstrated in patients with tropical spastic paraparesis and multiple sclerosis. We evaluated the possible role of human retroviruses HTLV I and III in Canadian patients with multiple sclerosis and chronic idiopathic myelopathy. Using sensitive enzyme immunoassays, we were unable to find antibody to either HTLV I or III in 201 patients with multiple sclerosis, 29 patients with chronic myelopathy, 51 patients with other neurological disorders, or 29 normal subjects. These data do not support a role for these viruses in the cause of sporadic multiple sclerosis and chronic myelopathy in a regionally based Canadian population, but do not exclude a role for other antigenically distinct retroviruses.

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