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autoimmunity

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Guillain-Barré Syndrome Induced by Campylobacter jejuni

Hamidreza Honarmand & Masoumeh Ahmadi Jalali Moghadam · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2014

Purpose of Review: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a neurologic disease that produces ascending paralysis that affects people all over the world. Several infectious agents have been associated with GBS and many reports suggest that infection with Campylobacter jejuni, a common e...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/12614

Association of Multiple Sclerosis with Epstein-Barr virus Infection

Masoumeh Ahmadi Jalali Moghadam & Hamidreza Honarmand · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2014

Purpose of Review: There is still controversy whether EBV could be a causative agent as opposed to an innocent bystander in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). We aimed to review main studies which were investigated the subject to reveal whether the presence of a possibl...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/12613

Celiac and Non-Celiac Forms of Gluten Sensitivity: Shifting Paradigms of an Old Disease

Karol Sestak & Ilana Fortgang · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2013

Gluten sensitivity is one of the prominent features of celiac disease (CD) which is an autoimmune disorder characterized by damaged lining of the small intestine. CD was known already to ancient Greeks as κοιλιακÏŒς (keeleeakoss) i.e. disease of the abdominal cavity hence celiac....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2013/6083