title: Biochemical individuality: a conceptual framework for multiple sclerosis.
abstract: This article examines some of the confusion and controversy in the field of multiple sclerosis which is attributed to the apparent lack of a basic conceptual framework for understanding the illness. The relevance and value of the concept of biochemical individuality and the genotrophic principle as a basic conceptual framework are discussed.
mesh_terms: D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009185:Myelin Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D009185:Myelin Proteins