| Literature DB >> 2864998 |
H Taguchi, K Niiya, I Kubonishi, S Yano, S Yoshimoto, M Fujishita, T Kitagawa, M Mitani, I Miyoshi.
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Two cases of human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV)-positive adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) in brother and sister are presented. Six of 15 members of this family were seropositive for antibodies for ATL-associated antigens (ATLA). The sister of the ATL patient developed overt ATL after 5 years and 8 months of smoldering ATL. Immunologic examinations during the smoldering phase were normal except for negative skin tests for purified protein derivative. Factors leading to the induction of ATL among HTLV carriers remain to be studied.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID： 2864998 DOI： 10.1002/1097-0142(19851215)56:12<2870::aid-cncr2820561226>3.0.co;2-h
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer ISSN： 0008-543X Impact factor: 6.860