| Autor: |
A, Møller-Larsen, M, Sommerlund, S, Haahr |
| Rok vydání: |
1992 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Ugeskrift for laeger. 154(24) |
| ISSN: |
0041-5782 |
| Popis: |
Multiple sclerosis is a disease characterized by neurologic dysfunction due to focal CNS lesions with demyelination. The cause of the disease is unknown; but it may be due to a virus and/or autoimmune reactions. The latter cause is suspected on account of family- and ethnical studies, the first on account of locally produced antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid, and also epidemiologic investigations. The newly discovered human retroviruses, especially HTLV-I which is the cause of tropical spastic paraparesis, has been suspected as a possible cause; but this has been disproved by multiple antibody- and PCR-studies. An uncharacterized exogenous or an endogenous retrovirus is still considered to be a possible cause or possibly partial cause of the disease which could be multifactorial. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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