HTLV-I associated myelopathy in Brazil: a preliminary report

In this preliminary report the authors present the finding of a high prevalence (37.5%) of seropositivity of antibodies to HTLV-I tested by Western blotting in a sample of 16 Brazilian patients with chronic myelopathies of undetermined origin.

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Main Authors: L. H. Martins Castro, Cláudia J Chaves, D. Callegaro, J. P. S. Nóbrega, M. Scaff
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1989-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1989000400021&lng=en&tlng=en
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author L. H. Martins Castro
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spelling doaj-art-632d8b87e1dd43d7ae030fbc54e3b4472025-08-20T03:19:31ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42271989-12-0147450150210.1590/S0004-282X1989000400021S0004-282X1989000400021HTLV-I associated myelopathy in Brazil: a preliminary reportL. H. Martins Castro0Cláudia J Chaves1D. Callegaro2J. P. S. Nóbrega3M. Scaff4Universidade de São PauloUniversidade de São PauloUniversidade de São PauloUniversidade de São PauloUniversidade de São PauloIn this preliminary report the authors present the finding of a high prevalence (37.5%) of seropositivity of antibodies to HTLV-I tested by Western blotting in a sample of 16 Brazilian patients with chronic myelopathies of undetermined origin.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1989000400021&lng=en&tlng=en
spellingShingle L. H. Martins Castro
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HTLV-I associated myelopathy in Brazil: a preliminary report
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
title HTLV-I associated myelopathy in Brazil: a preliminary report
title_full HTLV-I associated myelopathy in Brazil: a preliminary report
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title_short HTLV-I associated myelopathy in Brazil: a preliminary report
title_sort htlv i associated myelopathy in brazil a preliminary report
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