Interferon-beta increases BAFF levels in multiple sclerosis: implications for B cell autoimmunity.

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Published in Brain on May 12, 2008

Authors

M Krumbholz1, H Faber, F Steinmeyer, L-A Hoffmann, T Kümpfel, H Pellkofer, T Derfuss, C Ionescu, M Starck, C Hafner, R Hohlfeld, E Meinl

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neuroimmunology, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.

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