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. 2013 Nov;58(3):584-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.09.003. Epub 2013 Sep 13.

Utility of HTLV proviral load quantification in diagnosis of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy requires international standardization

Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi  1 , Viviana Nilla Olavarria, Ramon de Almeida Kruschewsky, Yoshihisa Yamano, Steven Jacobson, Graham P Taylor, Fabiola Martin, Bernardo Galvão-Castro
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Utility of HTLV proviral load quantification in diagnosis of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy requires international standardization

Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi et al. J Clin Virol. 2013 Nov.
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Keywords: Cut-off value; Diagnosis; HAM/TSP; HTLV; HTLV-1; HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis; PBMC; PVL; Proviral load; human T-cell lymphotropic virus; peripheral blood mononuclear cells; proviral load.

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