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Retinal vasculitis in human T-lymphotropic virus type I associated myelopathy.

Br J Ophthalmol. 1989 Oct;73(10):812-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/90057302
Sasaki K; Morooka I; Inomata H; Kashio N; Akamine T; Osame M; Miyazaki Prefectural Hospital, Kyushu University, Japan.

Abstract: Human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) has been recently found to be associated with slowly progressive myelopathy. We have seen 12 patients with HTLV-I associated myelopathy (HAM), three of whom showed retinal vasculitis. In addition two patients had ocular symptoms of vitreous opacity. Retinal vasculitis in these patients appears to be phlebitis and sheathing of retinal veins in the periphery of the fundus.
Keywords: Case Report Female Human Middle Age Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic/*COMPLICATIONS *Retinal Vessels Retinitis/*ETIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDcasereportfemalehumanmiddleageparaparesis,tropicalspastic/KWDcomplicationsKWDretinalvesselsretinitis/KWDetiologyjournalarticle
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