Article
[Multiple sclerosis: molecular and cellular mechanisms].
Molekuliarnaia biologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Boĭko A N, Favorova O O
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic central nervous system disease of considerable medical and social impact. It is characterized by destruction of the myelin, the axon proteolipid sheath, or demyelination. While the etiology of MS remains unknown, one of the most well-grounded theories of its pathogenesis postulates that immunomediated inflammatory processes play the main role in myelin damage. The leading role...
Topics
- Environmental Exposure
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Multiple Sclerosis