Document 0843
 DOCN  M9650843
 TI    Myasthenia gravis, acute transverse myelitis, and HTLV-I.
 DT    9605
 AU    Ijichi T; Adachi Y; Nishio A; Kanaitsuka T; Ohtomo T; Nakamura M;
       Department of Internal Medicine, Shakaihoken Kobe Central; Hospital,
       Japan.
 SO    J Neurol Sci. 1995 Nov;133(1-2):194-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96154926
 AB    We present the unusual case of a 49-year-old female carrier of HTLV-I
       with myasthenia gravis who presented with acute transverse myelitis.
       Laboratory data suggested a recent infection with varicella zoster virus
       and demyelination by an autoimmune process in the central nervous
       system. Adult T-cell leukemia-like cells were observed in the
       cerebrospinal fluid. T-cell-mediated immune responses modulated by
       HTLV-I infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of myasthenia
       gravis and acute transverse myelitis in this case.
 DE    Acute Disease  Carrier State  Case Report  Female  Herpes
       Zoster/*COMPLICATIONS  *Herpesvirus 3, Human  Human  *HTLV-I  Leukemia,
       T-Cell, Acute/CEREBROSPINAL FLUID  Middle Age  Myasthenia
       Gravis/*COMPLICATIONS  Myelitis, Transverse/*COMPLICATIONS  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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