Article
Multiple sclerosis: multiple etiologies, multiple genes?
Annals of medicine - 1 Aug 1994
Tienari P J
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by multifocal damage of the central nervous system myelin. Both humoral and cell-mediated immune abnormalities have been observed in patients with multiple sclerosis, but their relation to the demyelination process is not understood. The etiology of the disease is still unknown; however, evidence exists for an interplay between environmental and...
Topics
- Adult
- Animals
- Demyelinating Diseases
- Disease Models, Animal
- Family Health
- Female
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA Antigens
- Humans
- Lod Score