Time to consider additional diagnostic criteria for HTLV-I-associated myelopathy?

Lancet. 1995 Jun 17;345(8964):1570. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(95)91115-4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Blotting, Western
  • DNA, Viral / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • HTLV-I Antibodies / blood
  • HTLV-I Antibodies / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / diagnosis*
  • Proviruses / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • DNA, Viral
  • HTLV-I Antibodies