Through the eyes of a child: Research insights gained through the study of childhood multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-5

  Banwell, Brenda L ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIRTHPLACE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; NOTE;

CHILD; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 41649095422     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458507084266     Document Type: Editorial

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