Use of Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) in multiple sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1588-1589

  Ristori, G ^a   Buzzi, M G ^b   Sabatini, U ^b   Giugni, E ^a   Bastianello, S ^a   Viselli, F ^b   Buttinelli, C ^a   Ruggieri, S ^b   Colonnese, C ^b   Pozzilli, C ^a   Salvetti, M ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacille Calmette Guerin; MS; Therapy; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; BRAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; BCG VACCINE; BRAIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032589596     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.7.1588     Document Type: Article

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