Does the "hygiene hypothesis" provide an explanation for the high prevalence of multiple sclerosis in sardinia?

Autoimmunity

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 257-260

  Stefano, Sotgiu ^a   Maura, Pugliatti ^a   Alessandra, Sotgiu ^a   Alessandra, Sanna ^a   Giulio, Rosati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hygiene hypothesis; Multiple sclerosis; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BCG VACCINATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; ITALY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0043065368     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0891693031000151607     Document Type: Review

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