Adult T-cell Leukaemia

Kiyoshi Takatsuki (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

300 Seiten

1994
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-262284-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Adult T-cell leukaemia (ATL) was the first human cancer shown to be caused by a retrovirus. ATL was initially recognized around 1973 and this book records the state-of-the-art findings on ATL and related diseases, reviewing the information which has been accumulated since 1973.

Inhalt

ATL and HTLV-I-related diseases; Regulation of HTLV-I gene expression and its roles in ATL development; Epidemiology of HTLV-I and HTLV-II infection; Ethno-epidemiology of ATL in Japan with special reference to the Mongoloid dispersal; ATL of Caribbean origin; Molecular epidemiology of HTLV-I and HTLV-II; HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP); Pathophysiology of ATL cells: cell growth characteristics; Animal models of HTLV-I infection; Chemotherapy of ATL; New approaches to the treatment of ATL.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.11.1994
• Zusatzinfo: halftones, line figures, tables, bibliography
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 230 mm
• Gewicht: 620 g
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Hämatologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
• ISBN-10: 0-19-262284-6 / 0192622846
• ISBN-13: 978-0-19-262284-6 / 9780192622846
• Zustand: Neuware