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More mayhem from molecular mimics

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Antibodies against human herpesvirus-6 have been found in patients with multiple sclerosis. Could this be another sighting in the hunt for the viral trigger of the disease (pages 1394–1397)?

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  1. Department of Neurological Sciences, Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Stanford, California, 94305, USA

    Lawrence Steinman

  2. Department of Neuropharmacology, Division of Virology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, 90237, USA

    Michael B.A. Oldstone

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Steinman, L., Oldstone, M. More mayhem from molecular mimics. Nat Med 3, 1321–1322 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1297-1321

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