## Abstract “Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease,” is heard so often that it is widely accepted as fact by the current generation of students and physicians. Yet, although it is undisputed that multiple sclerosis (MS) is immune mediated, an autoimmune mechanism remains unproven. Immune‐medi
The “one virus, one disease” model of multiple sclerosis is too constraining
✍ Scribed by Israel Steiner; Subramanian Sriram
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 40 KB
- Volume
- 62
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
## Abstract Although the cause of multiple sclerosis (MS) has remained obscure, many findings support an autoimmune pathogenesis on the background of a complex interaction between multiple genes and environmental factors. Accordingly, targeting the immune system has been a rational approach for the
The influence of disease activity on blood cell counts was studied in over 100 multiple sclerosis patients examined at regular intervals of 4-8 weeks over an 18-month period. T-lymphocytes were assessed by the cytochemical alpha-naphthyl-acetate-esterase (ANAE) stain in addition to conventional diff