Does a retrovirally encoded superantigen cause multiple sclerosis?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1991, Pages 853-855

  Rudge, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; EDITORIAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA;

ANIMAL; HTLV-I ANTIGENS; HUMAN; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0025952039     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.54.10.853     Document Type: Editorial

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