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uveitis due to human t lymphocyte type ⅰ

Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) is a kind of retrovirus. There are three types of retrovirus, namely HTLV-ⅰ, HTLV-ⅱ and HTLV-ⅲ. HTLV-I is associated with adult T-cell leukemia, progressive myelopathy and uveitis. The uveitis caused by HTLV-I is mainly manifested as granulomatous intermediate uveitis, whole grape...



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