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Clinical and Immunological Findings After Treatment with Thymostimulin in Multiple Sclerosis

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Virology and Immunology in Multiple Sclerosis: Rationale for Therapy
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Even if the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS) has not yet been clarified, interest is focussed on the role of the immune system in causing the disease-. In recent years many studies have investigated the status of the immune system during MS.

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Giovagnoli, A.R., Provinciali, L., Bartocci, C., Montroni, M. (1988). Clinical and Immunological Findings After Treatment with Thymostimulin in Multiple Sclerosis. In: Cazzullo, C.L., Caputo, D., Ghezzi, A., Zaffaroni, M. (eds) Virology and Immunology in Multiple Sclerosis: Rationale for Therapy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73032-0_31

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