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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1994-12-12
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Recently, human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) has been shown to cause endogenous uveitis, HTLV-I associated uveitis. To investigate the association of hereditary or environmental factors with the incidence of this uveitis, HTLV-I seroprevalence was studied in patients with undefined uveitis in central Japan, where HTLV-I infection has not been considered highly endemic. Of 129 patients with undefined uveitis, 6 (4.6%) were seropositive, and 4 of these 6 seropositive cases with undefined uveitis were born in southwestern Japan, where HTLV-I infection is highly endemic. As regards the incidence rate of uveitis, 4 of 9 (44.4%) seropositive cases from southwestern Japan developed uveitis, whereas only 2 of 21 (9.5%) seropositive cases from central Japan developed uveitis. The difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). This results suggests that the incidence of HTLV-I associated uveitis could be influenced by environmental or hereditary factors including HLA.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0021-5155
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
38
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
175-7
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Aged, 80 and over,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Eye Infections, Viral,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-HTLV-I Antibodies,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-HTLV-I Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Human T-lymphotropic virus 1,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Incidence,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Japan,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Polymerase Chain Reaction,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Prevalence,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Seroepidemiologic Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:7967209-Uveitis
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| pubmed:year |
1994
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
HTLV-I seroprevalence in patients with undefined uveitis in central Japan.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Division of Ophthalmology, Odawara Municipal Hospital, Japan.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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