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Association of Epstein-Barr virus infection with multiple sclerosis in India.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Feb 2013
Pandit Lekha, Malli Chaitra, D'Cunha Anita, Shetty Rajesh, Singhal Bhim
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OBJECTIVES: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) seroprevalence is high from early childhood in Indian populations, though multiple sclerosis (MS) is uncommon. The present study aims to evaluate the association of EBV infection with MS in Indian patients. METHOD: In this study 140 MS patients and equal number of matched controls were included. Estimation of serum Immunoglobin G (IgG) for EBV Nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA1), viral...
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