Helicobacter pylori may be a common denominator associated with systemic and multiple sclerosis

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 222-223

  Kountouras, Jannis ^a   Zavos, Christos ^a   Gavalas, Emmanuel ^a   Deretzi, Georgia ^a   Katsinelos, Panagiotis ^a   Boura, Panagiota ^a   Polyzos, Stergios A ^a   Venizelos, Ioannis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Multiple sclerosis; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

APOPTOSIS; CYTOKINES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; THROMBOPLASTIN;

EID: 79952247240     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2011.01.006     Document Type: Letter

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