Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992, Impr.); 62 (7), 2016
Summary Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is a malignancy of mature CD4+ T-cells caused by human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1). Twenty million people are believed to be infected throughout the world, mostly in Japan, Africa, the Caribbean, and South America, particularly in Brazil and Peru...