Screening for neurotropic viruses in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosis and other neurological diseases.

Mult Scler

Centre for Experimental Neurological Therapies, S. Andrea Hospital-site, Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

Published: April 2014

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