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Professor Michael Pender   
  
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2009  Pender, Michael P. (2009) Does EpsteinBarr virus infection in the brain drive the development of multiple sclerosis?. Brain, 132 12: 3196-3198.

Evidence implicating EpsteinBarr virus (EBV) in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis has been increasing over the last 30 years, and this issue of Brain contains an article and correspondence addressing the issue of EBV infection in the brains of people with multiple sclerosis. To appreciate how EBV might contribute to the development of multiple sclerosis, it is necessary to understand some key aspects of EBV infection.

 Professor Michael Pender
eSpace Record:  
http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:211591

  
Links:  Full text from publisher
Keywords:  Antibody, Autoimmune Disease, Autoimmunity, Autoreactive, B cell, CD8 T cell, EBV, Epstein-Barr virus, Immunity, Multiple sclerosis, Prevention, Treatment, Vaccination
 
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