Three of 6 patients with spastic paraparesis in Lima, Peru, were found to have antibodies to human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I). Blood and cerebrospinal fluid antibodies were confirmed by Western blot analysis. Multilobulated lymphocytes in blood and cerebrospinal fluid of the index case sta
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Tropical spastic paraparesis and HTLV-I infection: clinical and epidemiological study in Lima, Peru
✍ Scribed by Eduardo Gotuzzo; César De Las Casas; Luis Deza; Juan Cabrera; César Castañeda; Douglas Watts
- Book ID
- 119468476
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 905 KB
- Volume
- 143
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-510X
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