TY - JOUR
T1 - More on HTLV tax and Mycosis Fungoides
AU - Youngberg, George A.
AU - Karnad, Anand
AU - Busch, Michael P.
AU - Murphy, Edward
AU - Nemo, George
AU - Zucker-Franklin, Dorothea
AU - Pancake, Bette A.
PY - 1993/12/30
Y1 - 1993/12/30
N2 - To the Editor: Drs. Pancake and Zucker-Franklin (Aug. 19 issue)1 report that about two thirds of the patients with mycosis fungoides in their study appeared to be infected with human T-cell lymphotropic retrovirus type I or type II (HTLV-I or HTLV-II), since circulating mononuclear cells from these patients contained HTLV-related tax sequences. Instead of being widely distributed, these viruses and the diseases caused by them are more common in certain geographic areas and among certain populations2,3. We are not aware that mycosis fungoides has a similar epidemiologic pattern. Could the tax sequences present in circulating cells from many…
AB - To the Editor: Drs. Pancake and Zucker-Franklin (Aug. 19 issue)1 report that about two thirds of the patients with mycosis fungoides in their study appeared to be infected with human T-cell lymphotropic retrovirus type I or type II (HTLV-I or HTLV-II), since circulating mononuclear cells from these patients contained HTLV-related tax sequences. Instead of being widely distributed, these viruses and the diseases caused by them are more common in certain geographic areas and among certain populations2,3. We are not aware that mycosis fungoides has a similar epidemiologic pattern. Could the tax sequences present in circulating cells from many…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199312303292712
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199312303292712
M3 - Letter
C2 - 8247084
AN - SCOPUS:0027741305
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 329
SP - 2035
EP - 2036
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 27
ER -