The interaction between smoking and Epstein-Barr virus as multiple sclerosis risk factors may depend on age

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 747-750

  Salzer, Jonatan ^a   Stenlund, Hans ^a   Sundström, Peter ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

case control study; Epstein Barr virus; interaction; Multiple sclerosis; risk factors in epidemiology; smoking

Indexed keywords

COTININE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; TOBACCO SMOKE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEOSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SMOKING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGED; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899108969     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458513507820     Document Type: Article

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