Multiple sclerosis-associated agent: neutralization of the agent by human sera
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Multiple sclerosis-associated agent: neutralization of the agent by human sera.
A total of 172 sera from patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), theri relatives and nursing personnel, patients with other neurological and nonneurological diseases, and healthy donors living in the United State or East Africa under vastly divergent hygienic conditions were examined for their capacity to neutralize the MS-associated agent (MSAA), which induces in experimental animals a transito...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.12.6.1367-1374.1975