Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma in a patient with HTLV-I/II associated myelopathy Leucemia - linfoma de células T do adulto em um paciente com mielopatia associada a HTLV-I/II

Chronic myelopathy associated with T-lymphotropic virus type I (HAM) has been described as an endemic disease in several areas of the world, meanwhile there are few papers describing the association between HAM and adult T cell leukemia-lymphoma. We report the case of a man that, after four years of...

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Main Authors: Virgínia Freitas, Irenio Gomes, Achilea Bittencourt, Dilson Fernandes, Ailton Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 1997-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
TSP
HAM
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1997000200024