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Original Article

Detection of human T-lymphotropic virus type I p40tax protein in cerebrospinal fluid cells from patients with human T-lymphotropic virus type I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis

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Pages 241-248 | Received 25 Aug 1998, Accepted 04 Nov 1998, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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