title: The distinction blurs between an autoimmune versus microbial hypothesis in multiple sclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hafler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017951:Antigen Presentation; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D018188:Cardiovirus Infections / Q000276:immunology; D003429:Cross Reactions; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D018450:Disease Progression; D004681:Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental / Q000276:immunology; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D017628:Microglia / Q000276:immunology; D018448:Models, Immunological; D018716:Molecular Mimicry; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D009185:Myelin Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D017945:Theilovirus; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D001324:Autoantigens; D000939:Epitopes; D009185:Myelin Proteins