Are Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and Epstein-Barr virus triggers of multiple sclerosis in Sardinia?

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1181-1184

  Cossu, Davide ^a   Masala, Speranza ^a   Cocco, Eleonora ^b   Paccagnini, Daniela ^a   Frau, Jessica ^b   Marrosu, Maria Giovanna ^b   Sechi, Leonardo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; multiple sclerosis; Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis; Sardinian

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84864117760     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458511433430     Document Type: Article

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