LEUKEMIA OF NOVEL GASTROINTESTINAL LYMPHOCYTE-T POPULATION INFECTED WITH HTLV-I

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HATTORI, T [1 ]
ASOU, N [1 ]
SUZUSHIMA, H [1 ]
TAKATSUKI, K [1 ]
TANAKA, K [1 ]
NAITO, K [1 ]
NATORI, H [1 ]
OIZUMI, K [1 ]
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[1] KURUME UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT INTERNAL MED 1, KURUME, FUKUOKA 830, JAPAN
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10.1016/0140-6736(91)90737-A
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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In a 72-year-old man with watery diarrhoea and leukocytosis the proliferation of abnormal cells was studied in specimens obtained by endoscopic biopsy of the gastrointestinal tract. Flow cytometry of leukaemia cells revealed a monoclonal expansion of "double-negative" (CD4-, CD8-) cells bearing T-cell receptor (TCR alpha-beta products. Southern blotting confirmed monoclonal integration of HTLV-1. A novel T-cell subset of double-negative TCR alpha-beta cells in the gastrointestinal tract in adult man may be a target for HTLV-1 infection.
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