Torque teno mini virus infection and multiple sclerosis

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 437-441

  Komijani, Majid ^a   Bouzari, Majid ^a   Etemadifar, Masoud ^b,c   Zarkesh Esfahani, Hamid ^a   Shaykh Baygloo, Nima ^a   Ghazimorad, Alireza ^a   Mostajeran, Maryam ^a   Nasr Azadani, Ameneh ^a   Maghzi, Amir Hadi ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Isfahan Research Committee of Multiple Sclerosis   (Iran)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Torque teno mini virus; Virology

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCOVIRIDAE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TORQUE TENO MINI VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ADULT; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 79960798502     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2011.569039     Document Type: Article

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