Search for retrovirus in patients with multiple sclerosis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 805-809

  Hackett Jr , John ^a,c   Swanson, Priscilla ^a   Leahy, David ^a   Anderson, Eve L ^a   Sato, Shigeru ^b   Roos, Raymond P ^b   Decker, Richard ^a   Devare, Sushil G ^a  

^a ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROVIRUS; SCREENING TEST; VIRION;

EID: 0029811227     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410400520     Document Type: Article

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