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Viral damage and the breakdown of self-tolerance

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Theiler's virus induces breakdown of tolerance to myelin and initiates a multiple sclerosis-like autoimmune disease in mice (pages 1133–1136).

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  1. Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-5429, USA

    Lawrence Steinman

  2. Department of Immunology, Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.,, San Diego, California, 92121, USA

    Paul Conlon

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