No evidence for MSRV viraemia and glial cell death in acute optic neuritis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 495-496

  Petzold, A ^a   Perron, H ^b   Fernando, K T M ^a   Plant, Gordon T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN S100B; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE;

CELL DEATH; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROGLIA; OPTIC NEURITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROVIRIDAE;

EID: 22144433680     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458505ms1189xx     Document Type: Letter

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