PMID- 2817843 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19891220 LR - 20071114 IS - 0364-5134 (Print) IS - 0364-5134 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 5 DP - 1989 Nov TI - AIDS-related vacuolar myelopathy is not associated with coinfection by human T-lymphotropic virus type I. PG - 679-81 AB - Assessment of antibodies against human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) by enzyme-linked immunoassay, immunofluorescence, and Western blot was undertaken in patients with pathologically or clinically diagnosed acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related vacuolar myelopathy to determine whether this retrovirus could be etiologically implicated in this disorder. No serological evidence for HTLV-I was found in the patients with vacuolar myelopathy, though 1 patient with an atypical myelopathy did have antibodies against HTLV-I. FAU - Brew, B J AU - Brew BJ AD - Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. FAU - Hardy, W AU - Hardy W FAU - Zuckerman, E AU - Zuckerman E FAU - Chien, N AU - Chien N FAU - Paul, M AU - Paul M FAU - Rosenblum, M AU - Rosenblum M FAU - Gadler, H AU - Gadler H FAU - Vahlne, A AU - Vahlne A FAU - Gold, J AU - Gold J FAU - Armstrong, D A AU - Armstrong DA AU - et al. LA - eng GR - AI-26056/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI-27669/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - NS-25701/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Ann Neurol JT - Annals of neurology JID - 7707449 RN - 0 (HTLV-I Antibodies) SB - IM MH - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*complications/immunology MH - Demyelinating Diseases/*etiology/immunology MH - HTLV-I Antibodies MH - HTLV-I Infections/*complications MH - Humans MH - Spinal Cord Diseases/*etiology/immunology EDAT- 1989/11/01 00:00 MHDA- 1989/11/01 00:01 CRDT- 1989/11/01 00:00 PHST- 1989/11/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1989/11/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1989/11/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/ana.410260515 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Ann Neurol. 1989 Nov;26(5):679-81. doi: 10.1002/ana.410260515.