MedicineBiology

M. Nagai, K. Usuku, W. Matsumoto, D. Kodama, N. Takenouchi, T. Moritoyo, Seiichi Hashiguchi, M. Ichinose, C. Bangham, S. Izumo, M. Osame

1998.12.1JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY

DOI: 10.3109/13550289809114225

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The HTLV-I proviral load in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from a large number of HAM/TSP patients shows an inverse relationship with the number of H2O levels in the TSPs.

Abstract

In order to examine the effect of HTLV-I proviral load on the pathogenesis of HAM/TSP, we measured the HTLV-I proviral load in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from a large number of HAM/T...

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NAGAI, M., et al. Analysis of htlv-i proviral load in 202 ham/tsp patients and 243 asymptomatic htlv-i carriers: High proviral load strongly predisposes to ham/tsp. JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY, 1998, 4: 586–593.