| 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 |