Epitope spreading occurs in active but not passive EAE induced by myelin basic protein

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-111

  Voskuhl, Rhonda R ^a,b   Farris II, R Wesley ^a   Nagasato, Kunihiko ^a   McFarland, Henry F ^a   Dalcq, Monique Dubois ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitope spreading; Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis; Myelin basic protein; Proteolipid protein; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030297694     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(96)00054-9     Document Type: Article

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