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May 24, 1973New England Journal of Medicine

Viral Infections and Demyelinating Diseases

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Human beings and laboratory animals with demyelinating diseases

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LWLeslie P. WeinerRutgers, The State University of New JerseyRJRichard T. JohnsonUniversity of Hawaiʻi at MānoaRHRobert M. HerndonMontreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

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Implication

Supports vigilance for post-viral demyelination; leaves open viral causation of multiple sclerosis.

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Human beings and laboratory animals with demyelinating diseases

This review summarizes the evidence linking viral infections to demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis.

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Weiner et al. (1973) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a77c2974fe2e6ffd8ecf100https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197305242882106
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