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. 1970 Jan 3;1(5687):30–32. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5687.30

Rickettsial Antibodies in Multiple Sclerosis

E J Field, Mavis Chambers
PMCID: PMC1700902  PMID: 4983591

Abstract

The serum of subjects with multiple sclerosis or other degenerative neurological diseases and that of normal controls does not differ significantly in its content of antibodies to several rickettsial antigens. There is no evidence for a rickettsial aetiology of multiple sclerosis, and no grounds for an extended clinical trial of Le Gac's full method of treatment with antibiotics.

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