HTLV-I associated myelopathy in Brazil: a preliminary report

oleh: L. H. Martins Castro, Cláudia J Chaves, D. Callegaro, J. P. S. Nóbrega, M. Scaff

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 1989-12-01

Deskripsi

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.