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Comparative Study
. 1987 Feb 21;1(8530):415-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(87)90120-6.

Antibody to human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 in West-Indian-born UK residents with spastic paraparesis

M Newton, K Cruickshank, D Miller, A Dalgleish, P Rudge, S Clayden, I Moseley
Comparative Study

Antibody to human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 in West-Indian-born UK residents with spastic paraparesis

M Newton et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Of 13 West-Indian-born UK residents with spastic paraparesis of unknown cause, 11 were tested for serum antibody to human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 and all were positive. Their magnetic resonance imaging scans were normal or showed only minor abnormalities in the brain, and the spinal cord was normal in the 5 investigated. Of 48 patients with multiple sclerosis, mainly caucasian, none had antibody to HTLV-1 in the blood.

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