The First Report of Familial Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma in Argentina
✍ Scribed by Prates, Virginia; Cobos, Marisa; Bouzas, Belén; Napal, Juan; Bordone, Javier; Milone, Jorge
- Book ID
- 121414484
- Publisher
- Informa plc
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 153 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1042-8194
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Sixteen families, each with two or more cases of adult T-cell leukemia or lymphoma were found in the Nagasaki district. Eight of the families had a parent with lymphoma. In the other eight families siblings were involved. Four families with sibling cases are presented in detail. Antibody titres to a
## Abstract The yearly incidence of ATLL in the Uwajima district is 6.6 patients per 100,000 inhabitants aged over 40. The yearly morbidity rate from ATLL of persons in this district who are positive for HTLV‐antibody and older than 40 is I patient per 1,631. Familial occurrence was observed in 9/3