HTLV-1 infection and the viral etiology of multiple sclerosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 262, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 100-104

  Oger, Joël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demyeliniating disease; Environmental pressure; Ethnicity; HTLV 1 Associated Myelopathy; HTLV 1 infection; Human Leukocyte Antigen; Multiple sclerosis; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CAUCASIAN; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNICITY; HTLV ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPASTIC PARESIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC;

EID: 34548658080     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.06.045     Document Type: Article

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