title: HTLV-I-associated myelopathy and adult T-cell leukemia cases in a family.
abstract: Familial cases of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM) and adult T-cell leukemia (ATL), developing in a daughter and father, respectively, are reported. The coexistence of both diseases in a family has not been reported before. This supports the recent findings that ATL and HAM may be brought about by an identical virus on an apparently different immunogenetic background.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kuwasaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Natori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaji
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Usuku
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sonoda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osame
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies / Q000378:metabolism; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies