Retinal vasculitis in a mother and her son with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 associated myelopathy. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1992. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Retinal vasculitis in a mother and her son with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 associated myelopathy.

Br J Ophthalmol. 1991 Sep;75(9):566-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92001894
Hayasaka S; Takatori Y; Noda S; Setogawa T; Hayashi H; Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.

Abstract: A 53-year-old woman had difficulty in walking, raised titres to human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in serum and cerebrospinal fluid, and yellowish white retinal lesions and vasculitis in the right eye. Her 20-year-old son also had difficulty in walking, raised titres to HTLV-1 in serum and cerebrospinal fluid, and retinal vasculitis and multiple whitish vitreoretinal spots in both eyes.
Keywords: Adult Case Report Female Human HTLV-I Antibodies/CEREBROSPINAL FLUID HTLV-I Infections/*COMPLICATIONS/DRUG THERAPY/IMMUNOLOGY Male Middle Age Prednisolone/THERAPEUTIC USE Retinal Diseases/MICROBIOLOGY Retinal Vessels/*MICROBIOLOGY Spinal Cord Diseases/*ETIOLOGY Vasculitis/*MICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE

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