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[Polymyositis and HTLV-I infection: case report]
H A Oliveira1, J C Macieira, R Fakhouri
1Departamento de Medicina, CCBS, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brasil.
Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquiatria
|October 6, 2000
Abstract:
We report the case of a 57 years-old woman presenting polymyositis associated to HTLV-I infection without clinical signs of involvement of the central and peripheral nervous system. Pathophysiologic aspects of muscular involvement in HTLV-I infection are discussed.