Multiple sclerosis and seizures: Possible role of Helicobacter pylori

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Deretzi, G ^a   Kountouras, J ^a   Gavalas, E ^a   Polyzos, S A ^a   Zavos, C ^a   Klonizakis, P ^a   Vardaka, E ^a   Skendros, P ^a   Katsinelos, P ^a   Giartza Taxidou, E ^a   Kyriakou, P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Multiple sclerosis; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; HUMANS; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN-18; MELATONIN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES;

EID: 80051598259     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03454.x     Document Type: Letter

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