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DURING the course of our research in multiple sclerosis it was observed that apparently healthy laboratory personnel who had been artificially and accidentally exposed to brain tissue showed patterns of hypersensitivity inconsistent with our basic control group. We determined at that time to study them further as a separate group. Twelve people have been identified and studied. We subsequently categorised the types of exposure into three classes as shown in Table 1.
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UYEDA, C., MURPHY, P. Hypersensitivity to purified brain proteins in healthy individuals. Nature 264, 650–652 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/264650a0
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