Immune mechanisms of Theiler's virus-induced demyelination

Experimental and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 115-121

  Kim, Byung Suk ^a   Palna, Joann P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; Demyelination; Infectious immunity virus; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DEMYELINATION; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MURINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

EID: 0033619174     PISSN: 12263613     EISSN: 20926413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emm.1999.19     Document Type: Review

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