Multiple sclerosis exacerbations and infection

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 145-

  Gilden, Donald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGING; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLONING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

HUMANS; INFECTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0041737407     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(02)00066-2     Document Type: Letter

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