A retroviral implication in multiple sclerosis?
The etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) is still unexplained. Epidemiological studies indicate that environmental agents are involved, and MS shares both clinical and histopathological features with retrovirus-mediated neurological diseases in animals and humans. Thus, combining the fields of microbiology and epidemiology may throw new light on the many unanswered questions posed by MS.
Christensen
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Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
Møller-Larsen
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Haahr
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D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D012190:Retroviridae