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Multiple Sclerosis and Zoster Encephalomyelitis: a Probable Common Etiopathogenesis

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The Immune Response to Viral Infections

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 257))

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Abstract

The involvement of herpesviruses1 in the possible viral etiology of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is radically opposed by several researches,2 who attribute the high serum and CSF antibody titers to activation of the latent virus by prolonged corticosteroid therapy.

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  1. Department of Neurology, General Hospital, 33100, Udine, Italy

    Riccardo Viel

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  1. National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK

    B. A. Askonas

  2. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    B. Moss

  3. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

    G. Torrigiani

  4. Fondazione Internazionale Menarini, Florence, Italy

    S. Gorini

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Viel, R. (1989). Multiple Sclerosis and Zoster Encephalomyelitis: a Probable Common Etiopathogenesis. In: Askonas, B.A., Moss, B., Torrigiani, G., Gorini, S. (eds) The Immune Response to Viral Infections. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 257. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5712-4_31

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