Infectious causes of multiple sclerosis

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 268-269

  Holmøy, Trygve ^a   Vartdal, Frode ^a   Franciotta, Diego ^b   Lolli, Francesco ^b   Gilden, Donald H ^c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; CROSS REACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

AUTOANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CROSS REACTIONS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS;

EID: 17444402440     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(05)70054-5     Document Type: Letter

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