| htlv-i-associated myelopathy endemic in texas-born residents and isolation of virus from csf cells. | we report three texas-born patients with spastic paraparesis and well-documented infection with htlv-i. csf examination showed moderate pleocytosis, protein elevation, and elevated igg index. oligoclonal bands were present in two patients. on mri, one patient had frontal lobe lesions that were low intensity on t1- and high intensity on t2-weighted images. htlv-i immunoblot studies of serum and csf revealed reactivity to p19, p24, p53, gp46, or gp68 from all three patients. titration studies of s ... | 1991 | 2046926 |