On the possible viral aetiology of multiple sclerosis

QJM

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 523-528

  Kennedy, P G E ^a   Steiner, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMAL MODEL; DEMYELINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADULT; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMAN; MICE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SHEEP; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0027959105     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.qjmed.a068963     Document Type: Review

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