Article
Common viruses associated with lower pediatric multiple sclerosis risk.
Neurology - 7 Jun 2011
Waubant E, Mowry E M, Krupp L, Chitnis T, Yeh E A, Kuntz N, Ness J, Chabas D, Strober J, McDonald J, Belman A, Milazzo M, Gorman M, Weinstock-Guttman B, Rodriguez M, Oksenberg J R, James J A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Because common viruses are encountered during childhood, pediatric multiple sclerosis (MS) offers a unique opportunity to investigate the influence of these viruses on disease susceptibility and the interactions between seroprevalence and select HLA genotypes. We studied seroprevalence for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), and herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 and HLA-DRB1*1501/1503...
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