Increased production of interferon gamma and tumor necrosis factor precedes clinical manifestation in multiple sclerosis: Do cytokines trigger off exacerbations?

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 318-323

  Beck, J ^a,b   Rondot, P ^a   Catinot, L ^b   Falcoff, E ^b   Kirchner, H ^c   Wietzerbin, J ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

cytokines; interferon gamma; multiple sclerosis; tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFERON TYPE II; LEUKOCYTES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

EID: 0023794099     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1988.tb03663.x     Document Type: Article

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