Prevalence of herpesvirus DNA in MS patients and healthy blood donors

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-99

  Alvarez Lafuente R ^a   Martin Estefania C ^a   De Las Heras, V ^a   Castrillo, C ^a   Cour, I ^a   Picazo, J J ^a   Varela de Seijas, E ^a   Arroyo, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

HHV 6; Multiple sclerosis; Nested PCR; interferon

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-BETA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036189091     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2002.1o050.x     Document Type: Article

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