Multiple sclerosis: More pieces of the immunological puzzle

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-10

  Gold, Ralf ^a   Montalban, Xavier ^b  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATALIZUMAB; PLACEBO; TERIFLUNOMIDE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DEMYELINATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 83455187948     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(11)70268-X     Document Type: Note

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