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Original Article

Tumor necrosis factor alpha expression in the spinal cord of human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis patients

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Pages 323-329 | Received 31 Jan 1996, Accepted 11 Jun 1996, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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