| Literature DB >> 9277055 |
I Kubonishi1, T Kubota, T Sawada, Y Tanaka, H Machida, O Yoshida, A Fukushima, H Ueno, Y Ohtsuki, I Miyoshi.
Abstract
We report a long-term (14-year) follow-up of a human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-infected male who was successively afflicted with Graves' disease followed by uveitis. HTLV-I proviral DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction in the thyroid tissue and HTLV-I was isolated from thyroid tissue by coculture with peripheral blood lymphocytes from an HTLV-I-uninfected healthy female. This case study supports a close relationship between Graves' disease and uveitis in an HTLV-I carrier.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9277055 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-5710(97)00595-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Hematol ISSN: 0925-5710 Impact factor: 2.490