Dynamics of the reactivity to MBP in multiple sclerosis

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2000, Pages

  Uccelli, Antonio ^a   Ristori, Giovanni ^c   Giunti, Debora ^a   Seri, Marco ^b   Montesperelli, Chiara ^c   Caroli, Francesco ^b   Solaro, Claudio ^a   Murialdo, Alessandra ^a   Marchese, Monica ^a   Buttinelli, Caria ^c   Mancardi, Gianluigi ^a   Salvetti, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Multiple sclerosis; Myelin basic protein; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; EPITOPE; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOANTIGENS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; EPITOPES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; HLA-DR2 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS;

EID: 12944293173     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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