We describe a unique case of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL). The patient had typical clinicohematological features as ATL, but showed a lack of antibody to human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1) and was negative for HTLV-I proviral DNA in the peripheral mononuclear cells by means of polym
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and HTLV-1
β Scribed by Renaud Mahieux; Antoine Gessain
- Book ID
- 107540190
- Publisher
- Current Science Inc.
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 633 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1558-8211
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