Multiple Sclerosis (Clinical and Pathogenetic Basis), by Ed C S Raine, H F McFarland, W W Tourtellotte

Autor:	P K Newman
Rok vydání:	1997
Předmět:	Pathology medicine.medical_specialty business.industry T cell Multiple sclerosis General Engineering General Medicine medicine.disease Spinal cord Virus Pathogenesis Myelin medicine.anatomical_structure Immunology medicine General Earth and Planetary Sciences business General Environmental Science
Zdroj:	BMJ. 314:1288-1288
ISSN:	1468-5833 0959-8138
Popis:	Ed C S Raine, H F McFarland, W W Tourtellotte / Chapman and Hall, £125, pp 426 / ISBN 412 308908 Multiple sclerosis is one of the more common and most feared neurological diseases of young adults, with at least 50 000 cases in the United Kingdom and more than a million worldwide. Predominantly T cell mediated autoimmune mechanisms, triggered by earlier virus infection or other factors in those who are genetically predisposed, lead to destruction of myelin in the brain, optic nerves, and spinal cord. Research has yet to fully unravel the elusive pathogenesis or provide an effective …
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