Year: 1998
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: It is estimated that 16.8 per cent of people over 16 years old were infected with HTLV-I, and there were 124,000 cases of carriers in HTLV-I endemic areas of Okinawa. According to ATL registration for 9 years from 1982 to 1990, there were 329 cases of ATL patients with a mean of 37 cases per year. If this number corresponds to 60-70% of patients, about 60 cases in all will develop in Okinawa. The acute type amounted to 142 cases, lymphoma type 42 cases, chronic type 66 cases, smoldering type 72 cases and unknown 7 cases. The acute type represented the overwhelming majority of cases. In relation to disease type and age at diagnosis, the developmental peak of the acute type and lymphoma type were in the 50-year-old age group, while the chronic type and smoldering type were in the 60-year-old age group. These 4 types seemed to be independent of developing ATL.
Authors: 弘一 荒木, 和美 仲本, 脩 新里, 均 新垣, 忠夫 下地, 毅 宮国, 修 池原, 英達 平安山, 稔 与那原, 正照 古波倉, 富夫 上江洲, Koichi Araki, Kazumi Nakamoto, Osamu Shinzato, Hitoshi Arakaki, Tadao Shimoji, T. Miyakuni, Osamu Ikehara, Eitatsu Henzan, Minoru Yonahara, Masateru Kohakura, Tomio Uezu, 琉球大学医学部保健学科臨床生理学教室, 琉球大学医学部医学科内科学第二講座, ハートライフ病院内科, 那覇市立病院内科, 沖縄臨床血液研究会, 沖縄県赤十字血液センター
Language: Japanese
Subfield: Immunology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W650807165