Posted Wed, 01/20/2010 - 11:04
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Source:
Journal of the neurological sciences, Elsevier,, Volume 286, Issue 1, p.54 - 57 (2009)
ISBN:
0022-510X
URL:
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022510X09006935
Keywords:
EBV infection,
Environmental factors,
Gangliosides,
Multiple sclerosis,
Smoking,
Vitamin D
Abstract:
In this paper we review how environmental factors might interact with genes and epigenetic factors to trigger multiple sclerosis (MS), the latter probably by immune-mediated mechanisms.