Adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma in Brazil: A rare disease or rarely diagnosed?

Br J Haematol. 2020 Feb;188(4):e46-e49. doi: 10.1111/bjh.16318. Epub 2019 Nov 19.

Authors

Carolina Rosadas¹, Marzia Puccioni-Sohler^{2

3}, Augusto C P Oliveira⁴, Jorge Casseb⁵, Maísa Sousa⁶, Graham P Taylor¹

Affiliations

¹ Imperial College London, London, UK.
² Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
³ Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁴ Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo/Faculdade de Medicina de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ Universidade Federal do Pará, Pará, Brazil.

PMID: 31743423
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.16318

No abstract available

Keywords: ATL; Adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma; Brazil; HTLV-1; children; incidence.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Brazil / epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / diagnosis*
Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / epidemiology*
Male
Middle Aged