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Remembering MOG: Autoantibody mediated demyelination in multiple sclerosis?

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A comparative study of acute lesions in multiple sclerosis patients and in marmosets suggests that anti–MOG antibodies are responsible for the demyelination characteristic of this autoimmune disease (170–175).

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Wekerle, H. Remembering MOG: Autoantibody mediated demyelination in multiple sclerosis? . Nat Med 5, 153–154 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/5514

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