Failure to detect measles virus RNA, by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, in peripheral blood leucocytes of patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 204-205

  Brankin, B ^a   Osman, M ^a   Herlihy, L ^a   Hawkins, S A ^b   Cosby, S L ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Leucocytes; Measles virus; Persistence; Polymerase chain reaction; Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKOCYTE; MEASLES VIRUS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MEASLES VIRUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030072616     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135245859600100403     Document Type: Article

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