Journal article
An updated meta-analysis of risk of multiple sclerosis following infectious mononucleosis.
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BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis (MS) appears to develop in genetically susceptible individuals as a result of environmental exposures. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is an almost universal finding among individuals with MS. Symptomatic EBV infection as manifested by infectious mononucleosis (IM) has been shown in a previous meta-analysis to be associated with the risk of MS, however a number of much larger studies have since been published. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We performed a Medlin...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1371/journal.pone.0012496
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- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PloS one Journal website
- Volume:
- 5
- Issue:
- 9
- Pages:
- 1-5
- Publication date:
- 2010-01-01
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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301061
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- English
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- Handel et al
- Copyright date:
- 2010
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- © 2010 Handel et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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