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HTLV-I-associated myelopathy with adult T-cell leukemia
1First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, Japan.
Neurology
|August 1, 1989
Abstract:
We report a 42-year-old Japanese woman with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM) combined with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL). Combination of the 2 diseases has been extremely rare. The infrequency is explained by HLA types unique to each disease. Our patient suggests that the HAM-associated HLA haplotype does not prevent the development of ATL.