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Aetiology of Multiple Sclerosis

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Are dietary defects a cause of multiple sclerosis? There is some evidence that a lack of certain fatty acids during the maturation of the brain results in demyelination.

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  1. Neuropsychiatric Research Laboratory, Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois

    JOSEPH BERNSOHN & LEO M. STEPHANIDES

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois

    JOSEPH BERNSOHN & LEO M. STEPHANIDES

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BERNSOHN, J., STEPHANIDES, L. Aetiology of Multiple Sclerosis. Nature 215, 821–823 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215821a0

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