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Journal of NeuroVirology

May 2000, Volume 6, Supplement 2
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An Update on Multiple Sclerosis Research and Care - Proceedings from symposium

Edited by Professor P Ferrante, Fondazione Don C Gnocchi Milan, Italy

Milan, Italy
May 3-5, 1999

Introduction

The puzzling natural history of multiple sclerosis: a challenge for the research and care S1
Pasquale Ferrante
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Articles

History and activities of the Don Carlo Gnocchi Multiple Sclerosis Center S4
Carlo Lorenzo Cazzullo
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The genetics of multiple sclerosis S5
Alastair Compston
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The complex genetic aetiology of multiple sclerosis S10
Jorge R Oksenberg & Lisa F Barcellos
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MS genetics: recent Scandinavian efforts S15
Jan Hillert
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An attempt of identifying MS-associated loci as a follow-up of a genomic linkage study in the Italian population S18
Sandra D'Alfonso, Lorenza Nisticò, Daniela Bocchio, Roberto Bomprezzi, Maria Giovanna Marrosu, Maria Rita Murru, Marina Lai, Luca Massacesi, Clara Ballerini, Anna Repice, Marco Salvetti, Chiara Montesperelli, Giovanni Ristori, Maria Trojano, Maria Liguori, Domenico Gambi, Aldo Quattrone, Roberto Tosi & Patricia Momigliano-Richiardi
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Genetic risk factors in multiple sclerosis and approaches to their identification S23
Henrik B Rasmussen & Jørgen Clausen
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A polymorphism in the repetitive (TGGA)n sequence 5' to the human myelin basic protein gene in Italian multiple sclerosis patients S28
Franca Rosa Guerini, Loredana Losciale, Monica Mediati, Livianna Speciale, Roberta Mancuso, Marina Saresella, Maria Gaetana Calvo, Domenico Caputo & Pasquale Ferrante
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Induction of IL-1 receptor antagonist by interferon beta: implication for the treatment of multiple sclerosis S33
Francesca Luisa Sciacca, Nicola Canal & Luipi Maria Edoardo Grimaldi
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Augmented type 1 cytokines and human endogenous retroviruses specific immune responses in patients with acute multiple sclerosis S38
Daria Trabattoni, Pasquale Ferrante, Maria Luisa Fusi, Marina Saresella, Domenico Caputo, Howard Urnovitz, Carlo Luigi Cazzullo & Mario Clerici
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Presence of autoantibodies against complement regulatory proteins in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis S42
Claudia Pintér, Silvia Beltrami, Domenico Caputo, Pasquale Ferrante & Alberto Clivio
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Effects of rIFN-beta-1b on serum circulating ICAM-1 in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis and on the membrane-bound ICAM-1 expression on brain microvascular endothelial cells S47
Maria Trojano, Giovanni Defazio, Carlo Avolio, Damiano Paolicelli, Fabrizio Giuliani, Maurizio Giorelli & Paolo Livrea
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Dynamics of the reactivity to MBP in multiple sclerosis S52
Antonio Uccelli, Giovanni Ristori, Debora Giunti, Marco Seri, Chiara Montesperelli, Francesco Caroli, Claudio Solaro, Alessandra Murialdo, Monica Marchese, Carla Buttinelli, Gianluigi Mancardi & Marco Salvetti
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Serum auto antibodies presence in multiple sclerosis patients treated with beta-interferon 1a and 1b S57
Livianna Speciale, Marina Saresella, Domenico Caputo, Stefania Ruzzante, Roberta Mancuso, Maria Gaetana Calvo, Franca Rosa Guerini & Pasquale Ferrante
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Endothelin and nitric oxide levels in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosis S62
Livianna Speciale, Marina Sarasella, Stefania Ruzzante, Domenico Caputo, Roberta Mancuso, Maria Gaetana Calvo, Franca Rosa Guerini & Pasquale Ferrante
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Particle-associated retroviral RNA and tandem RGH/HERV-W copies on human chromosome 7q: possible components of a `chain-reaction' triggered by infectious agents in multiple sclerosis? S67
Hervé Perron, Jean-Pierre Perin, François Rieger & Patrick M Alliel
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The association between multiple sclerosis and infection with Epstein-Barr virus and retrovirus S76
Sven Haahr & Mette Munch
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Endogenous retroviruses and multiple sclerosis S80
Henrik B Rasmussen, Gérard Lucotte & Jørgen Clausen
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Extended observations on the association of HHV-6 and multiple sclerosis S85
Rossana Berti, Samantha S Soldan, Nahid Akhyani, Henry F McFarland & Steven Jacobson
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Novel human herpesviruses and multiple sclerosis S88
Antonella Rotola, Elisabetta Caselli, Enzo Cassai, Maria Rosaria Tola, Enrico Granieri & Dario Di Luca
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Human polyomavirus JCV and expression of myelin genes S92
Jennifer Gordon, Gary L Gallia, Luis Del Valle, Shohreh Amini & Kamel Khalili
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: JC virus induced demyelination in the immune compromised host S98
Jean Hou & Eugene O Major
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Influence of JC virus coding region genotype on risk of multiple sclerosis and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy S101
Hansjürgen T Agostini, Caroline F Ryschkewitsch, Robert W Baumhefner, Wallace W Tourtellotte, Elyse J Singer, Samuel Komoly & Gerald L Stoner
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Molecular evidences for a role of HSV-1 in multiple sclerosis clinical acute attack S109
Pasquale Ferrante, Roberta Mancuso, Elisabetta Pagani, Franca Rosa Guerini, Maria Gaetana Calvo, Marina Saresella, Livianna Speciale & Domenico Caputo
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Magnetisation transfer imaging in multiple sclerosis S115
Massimo Filippi & Marco Rovaris
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Proton MR spectroscopy to assess axonal damage in multiple sclerosis and other white matter disorders S121
Nicola De Stefano, Sridar Narayanan, Paul M Matthews, Marzia Mortilla, Maria Teresa Dotti, Antonio Federico & Douglas L Arnold
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MRI of spinal cord in MS S130
Stefano Bastianello, Andrea Paolillo, Elisabetta Giugni, Saverio Giuliani, Giulio Evangelisti, Giacomo Luccichenti, Ugo Angeloni, Claudio Colonnese, Marco Salvetti, Claudio Gasperini, Carlo Pozzilli & Cesare Fieschi
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Multiple sclerosis in time and space - geographic clues to cause S134
John F Kurtzke
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Exogeneous factors in the aetiology of multiple sclerosis S141
Enrico Granieri
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Clinical infections and multiple sclerosis: contribution from analytical epidemiology S147
Ilaria Casetta & Enrico Granieri
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Clinico-immunogenetic characteristics of multiple sclerosis with optic neuritis in children S152
AN Boiko, ME Guseva, MR Guseva, S Yu Boiko, MA Sudomoina,, OV Bikova, OI Maslova, OO Favorova & EI Gusev
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Grading brainstem involvement in multiple sclerosis - by means of electro-oculography S156
Dario Alpini, Domenico Caputo, Ales caron Hahan, Luigi Pugnetti, Barbara Monti, Stefania Razzari & Antonio Cesarani
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Mood disorders in multiple sclerosis: diagnosis and treatment S160
SL Minden
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Group psychotherapy experiences for people with multiple sclerosis and psychological support for families S168
Maria Grazia Landoni, Maria Teresa Giordano & Gian Piero Guidetti
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MRI correlates of cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis patients S172
Marco Rovaris & Massimo Filippi
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Medical rehabilitation of chronic progressive disseminated encephalomyelitis (MS) S176
ME Westarp
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Update on multiple sclerosis rehabilitation S179
Roldano G Cardini, Alessandro C Crippa & Davide Cattaneo
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Cognitive function and quality of life in multiple sclerosis patients S186
Roberto Cutajar, Elisa Ferriani, Cinzia Scandellari, Loredana Sabattini, Carmela Trocino, Lino P Marchello & Sergio Stecchi
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A cost evaluation of multiple sclerosis S191
Mario Alberto Battaglia, Paola Zagami & Michelle Messmer Uccelli
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