| Literature DB >> 2761711 |
H Kawai1, Y Nishida, M Takagi, K Nakamura, K Masuda, S Saito, A Shirakami.
Abstract
We report a 42-year-old Japanese woman with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM) combined with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL). Combination of the 2 diseases has been extremely rare. The infrequency is explained by HLA types unique to each disease. Our patient suggests that the HAM-associated HLA haplotype does not prevent the development of ATL.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2761711 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.39.8.1129
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN: 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910