Concepedia

Association between clinical disease activity and Epstein–Barr virus reactivation in MS

K.-P. Wandinger, Wolfram J. Jabs, Aja Siekhaus, S. Bubel, Peter Trillenberg, H Wagner, K. Wessel, Holger Kirchner, Holger Hennig

Neurology · 2000 · 294 citations · 39 references

DOI

Abstract

The results demonstrate an association between EBV reactivation and disease activity in MS patients over time, and suggest that EBV might play an indirect role in MS as an activator of the underlying disease process.

References

39

Primer-Directed Enzymatic Amplification of DNA with a Thermostable DNA Polymerase

Randall K. Saiki, David H. Gelfand, Susanne Stoffel et al. · Science · 1988 · 17.1K citations

, , +19

Rating neurologic impairment in multiple sclerosis

John F. Kurtzke · Neurology · 1983 · 14.7K citations

New diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: Guidelines for research protocols

Charles M. Poser, Donald W. Paty, Labe C. Scheinberg et al. · Annals of Neurology · 1983 · 7.4K citations

, , +5

Rapid and simple method for purification of nucleic acids

René Boom, C. J. A. Sol, M M Salimans et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1990 · 5.3K citations · Full text

, , +15

Defining the clinical course of multiple sclerosis

Fred Lublin, Stephen C. Reingold · Neurology · 1996 · 3.7K citations

, , +17