Clinical multiple sclerosis occurs at one end of a spectrum of CNS pathology: A modified threshold liability model leads to new ways of thinking about the cause of clinical multiple sclerosis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 232-237

  Haegert, David G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 19744367301     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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