2006
DOI: 10.1590/s0482-50042006000500003
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Freqüência de doenças reumáticas em indivíduos infectados pelo HTLV-1

Abstract: Introdução: o HTLV-1 é um retrovírus humano associado à leucemia de células T do adulto e à mielopatia associada ao HTLV-1 ou paraparesia espástica tropical, que tem sido implicado também no desenvolvimento de auto-imunidade. Objetivo: o objetivo deste estudo foi determinar a freqüência de doenças reumáticas autoimunes em pacientes infectados pelo HTLV-1. Pacientes e Méto-dos: foram incluídos nesse estudo 137 indivíduos infectados pelo HTLV-1 atendidos no Ambulatório Multidisciplinar do Serviço de Imunologia d… Show more

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“…On the other hand, SLE was frequent in our series, whereas it was extremely rare in the other study (3) . Both studies (2,3) agreed as to the highly significant prevalence of SS associated to HTLV infection.…”
Section: To the Editormentioning
confidence: 72%
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“…On the other hand, SLE was frequent in our series, whereas it was extremely rare in the other study (3) . Both studies (2,3) agreed as to the highly significant prevalence of SS associated to HTLV infection.…”
Section: To the Editormentioning
confidence: 72%
“…As a whole, Sjögren syndrome (SS) (17,5%) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (13,1%) were the most frequent CTD in their survey. Of note, both SS and RA were more significantly found in patients with myelopathy than in asymptomatic carriers (2) .…”
Section: To the Editormentioning
confidence: 88%
“…Of the autoimmune rheumatic diseases associated with that infection, the following stand out: Sjögren's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, polymyositis, and SLE. In 2006, Carvalho et al 14 reported that, in their case series, 0.7% of the patients with HTLV-1 had SLE, but most studies are unable to establish such association so precisely. In the case of our patient, the HTLV coinfection was an adjuvant of SLE for immunosuppression, favoring the opportunistic infection.…”
Section: Figurementioning
confidence: 99%