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. 1989 Nov;80(11):1017-20.
doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1989.tb02251.x.

No evidence of HTLV-1 infection in Japanese multiple sclerosis patients in polymerase chain reaction

T Watanabe  1 , Y Iwasaki, K Tashiro, M Yoshida
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No evidence of HTLV-1 infection in Japanese multiple sclerosis patients in polymerase chain reaction

T Watanabe et al. Jpn J Cancer Res. 1989 Nov.

Abstract

To test possible association of human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) with multiple sclerosis (MS), polymerase chain reaction was applied to detect HTLV-1 DNA integrated into peripheral blood mononuclear cell DNA. Nine Japanese MS patients all gave a negative result, indicating no HTLV-1 infection in these MS patients.

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