title: Thrombocytopenic purpura in a carrier of human T-cell leukemia virus type I.
abstract: Thrombocytopenic purpura developed in a 64-year-old woman seropositive for human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I). She had no underlying disorders and HTLV-I is suggested as a possible cause of her thrombocytopenia.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002353:Carrier State / Q000097:blood; D006800:Deltaretrovirus Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011696:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*