| htlv-i infection in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis (hashimoto's thyroiditis). | to investigate the possible relationship of htlv-i virus infection to autoimmune thyroid disease, we examined, firstly, the frequency of htlv-i seropositivity among patients with hashimoto's thyroiditis and, secondly, the frequency of hashimoto's thyroiditis in patients with htlv-i associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (ham/tsp). of 144 patients with hashimoto's thyroiditis in the tokushima and kochi prefectures, japan, 9 (6.3%) were positive for serum htlv-i virus antibody 2 of who ... | 1992 | 1460458 |
| a cluster of human t-lymphotropic virus type-i carriers found in the southern district of tokushima prefecture. | since we had experience of eight patients with adult t-cell leukemia lymphoma from 130 cases of non-hodgkin's lymphoma between 1978 and 1986, a sero-epidemiological survey of anti human lymphotropic virus type-i (htlv-i) antibody was performed using a gelatin particle agglutination test, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and an indirect immunofluorescence assay for 2,190 adults (768 men and 1,422 women) aged between 21 and 86 years, in the southern district of tokushima prefecture. the inconc ... | 1989 | 2646467 |