Viruses and multiple sclerosis

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 287-291

  Monteyne, Philippe ^a   Bureau, Jean François ^a   Brahic, Michel ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN; CELL HETEROGENEITY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNE MEDIATED INJURY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW; VIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRANCE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROVIRIDAE;

EID: 0031695303     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199808000-00002     Document Type: Review

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