Helicobacter pylori with or without its neutrophil-activating protein may be the common denominator associated with multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica

Mult Scler. 2010 Mar;16(3):376-7; author reply 378-9. doi: 10.1177/1352458509360550.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Aquaporin 4 / immunology
  • Autoantibodies / blood
  • Bacterial Proteins / immunology
  • Helicobacter Infections / immunology
  • Helicobacter Infections / microbiology*
  • Helicobacter pylori / immunology
  • Helicobacter pylori / pathogenicity*
  • Humans
  • Multiple Sclerosis / immunology
  • Multiple Sclerosis / microbiology*
  • Neuromyelitis Optica / immunology
  • Neuromyelitis Optica / microbiology*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors

Substances

  • AQP4 protein, human
  • Aquaporin 4
  • Autoantibodies
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • neutrophil-activating protein A, Helicobacter pylori