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JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 324, Issue 1-2, Pages 10-16Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.10.021
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Multiple sclerosis; Risk factors; Epidemiology; Immunology; Autoimmunity
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Epidemiological and clinical studies have shown that environmental factors such as infections, smoking and vitamin D are associated with the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS). Some of these factors also play a role in the MS disease course. We are currently beginning to understand how environmental factors may impact immune function in MS on a cellular and molecular level. Here we review epidemiological, clinical and basic immunological studies on the environmental factors, viral and parasitic infections, smoking, and vitamin D and relate epidemiological findings with their likely pathophysiology in MS. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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