Is Multiple Sclerosis an Autoimmune Disease?
Joint Authors
Rodriguez, Moses
Wootla, Bharath
Eriguchi, Makoto
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-05-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) with varied clinical presentations and heterogeneous histopathological features.
The underlying immunological abnormalities in MS lead to various neurological and autoimmune manifestations.
There is strong evidence that MS is, at least in part, an immune-mediated disease.
There is less evidence that MS is a classical autoimmune disease, even though many authors state this in the description of the disease.
We show the evidence that both supports and refutes the autoimmune hypothesis.
In addition, we present an alternate hypothesis based on virus infection to explain the pathogenesis of MS.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wootla, Bharath& Eriguchi, Makoto& Rodriguez, Moses. 2012. Is Multiple Sclerosis an Autoimmune Disease?. Autoimmune Diseases،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-12.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wootla, Bharath…[et al.]. Is Multiple Sclerosis an Autoimmune Disease?. Autoimmune Diseases No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-12.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Wootla, Bharath& Eriguchi, Makoto& Rodriguez, Moses. Is Multiple Sclerosis an Autoimmune Disease?. Autoimmune Diseases. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512291
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-512291