Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and multiple sclerosis association: EBV has a primary or secondary role?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 469-

  Trojano, Maria ^a   Avolio, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MYELIN;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOTOXICITY; EDITORIAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; VIROLOGY;

CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 65449160594     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.165217     Document Type: Editorial

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