Multiple sclerosis and hepatitis B vaccination: Could minute contamination of the vaccine by partial Hepatitis B virus polymerase play a role through molecular mimicry?
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- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Medical Hypotheses
- Vol. 65 (3) , 509-520
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2005.02.044
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