Genes and Viruses in Multiple Sclerosis - Couverture rigide

 
9780444506948: Genes and Viruses in Multiple Sclerosis
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0444506942 ISBN 13 : 9780444506948
Editeur : Elsevier Science Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

The European Charcot Foundation, in its goal to support and stimulate information on new developments in Multiple Sclerosis (MS), presents an up-to-date volume on the relation of genes and viruses to MS. That genetic susceptibility might play an important role in the way the immunological system handles viral infection, or in the way brain cells react to viral invasion, has in recent years been extensively studied. Experimental evidence from animals makes a viral oligodendrocytopathy a certainty, and this in itself opens the perspective of such a disease in human beings. New insights in MS-pathology indicate that in a number of MS-patients an oligodendrocytopathy is paramount, however, proof that this may be virus-induced is absent so far. This book discusses viral activities in the brain of Multiple Sclerosis patients, genetic backgrounds in MS and their role in brain response to viral infections, and provides evidence for viral pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The European Charcot Foundation, in its goal to support and stimulate information on new developments in Multiple Sclerosis (MS), presents an up-to-date volume on the relation of genes and viruses to MS. That genetic susceptibility might play an important role in the way the immunological system handles viral infection, or in the way brain cells react to viral invasion, has in recent years been extensively studied. Experimental evidence from animals makes a viral oligodendrocytopathy a certainty, and this in itself opens the perspective of such a disease in human beings. New insights in MS-pathology indicate that in a number of MS-patients an oligodendrocytopathy is paramount, however, proof that this may be virus-induced is absent so far.
This book discusses viral activities in the brain of Multiple Sclerosis patients, genetic backgrounds in MS and their role in brain response to viral infections, and provides evidence for viral pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis.

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Éditeur
Elsevier Science Ltd
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0444506942
ISBN 13 
9780444506948
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
276
Éditeur
Clanet M., Wekerle H., Hommes O.R.
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Barbara Criscuolo
b.criscuolo@lswr.it

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