Dear Sir, Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is a malignancy of mature T cells which develops among individuals infected with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1). ATL shows characteristic geographic distribution in the world, being endemic in south-western Japan, the Caribbean region,
Lack of association of Human T-cell Lymphotrophic Virus Type 1(HTLV-1) infection and rheumatoid arthritis in an endemic area
β Scribed by D. Sebastian; S. Nayiager; D. Y. York; G. M. Mody
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 58 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0770-3198
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