Epstein-Barr Virus in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
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- 21 April 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 291 (15) , 1875-1879
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.291.15.1875
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is believed to involve a complex interplay between environmental triggers (such as infections), genetic predisposition, and aberrant immune cell activation. Epidemiological studies suggest that environmental exposure to a putative infectious agent must occur during a specific window of immunological vulnerability in childhood.1Keywords
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