title: Serum antibodies to HTLV-I in Thai patients with chronic progressive myelopathy, multiple sclerosis, myopathy and in HIV-seropositive intravenous drug abusers.
abstract: Antibodies to HTLV-I were assayed in sera of 9 patients with progressive myelopathy, 11 with multiple sclerosis, 5 with myopathy and in 10 HIV-seropositive intravenous heroin abusers. Clinical features in 9 cases with progressive myelopathy were not different from those previously described in tropical spastic paraparesis associated with HTLV-I infection. No detectable HTLV-1 antibody was found in the sera of any of the 35 patients studied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University Hospital, Bankok, Thailand.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hemachudha
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Phanuphak
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sirivichayakul
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Phanthumchinda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000276:immunology*; D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000276:immunology*; D009134:Muscular Atrophy, Spinal / Q000276:immunology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000276:immunology*; D013785:Thailand
chemical_list: D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies