Detection of HTLV‐III‐specific IgG bands in the CSF from a patient with AIDS and encephalitis
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 38 (1) , 143
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.38.1.143
Abstract
Recent evidence would suggest that HTLV-III may be neurotropic. We have found oligoclonal IgG bands by isoelectric focusing in the CSF of a homosexual man with AIDS and encephalitis. Subsequent analysis revealed that such bands contained anti-HTLV-III activity, suggesting that neurologic symptoms in AIDS patients may be caused by replication of HTLV-III inside the CNS.Keywords
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