PCR Analysis of DNA from Multiple Sclerosis Patients for the Presence of HTLV-I

A comment and response is presented on a 1985 study of multiple sclerosis patients and the disease's similarity to TPS, also related to infection by HTLV-1.

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Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 246; no. 4931; pp. 821 - 823
Main Authors Charles R. M. Bangham, Nightingale, Simon, Cruickshank, J. K., Daenke, Susan, Richardson, Jennifer H., Wucherpfennig, Kai W., Endo, N., Rudge, Peter, Dalgleish, Angus G., Hafler, David A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States The American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.11.1989
Subjects
Adult
Aged
AIDS/HIV
Base Sequence
Blood
DNA
DNA probes
DNA, Viral - analysis
DNA, Viral - genetics
Gene Products, env - genetics
Gene Products, gag - genetics
Gene Products, pol - genetics
Genomes
HTLV-I Infections - complications
Human T lymphotropic virus 1
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 - genetics
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 - isolation & purification
Humans
leucocytes
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Multiple sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis - complications
Multiple Sclerosis - microbiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Retroviridae
T cell leukemia virus I
T lymphocytes
Technical Comments
Viral diseases
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Summary:A comment and response is presented on a 1985 study of multiple sclerosis patients and the disease's similarity to TPS, also related to infection by HTLV-1.
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ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.246.4931.821.b