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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2022

Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis.

William H Robinson, Lawrence Steinman

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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71citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Multiple molecular mimics in Epstein Barr Nuclear Antigen-1, and the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  15. Sumac Polyphenols as Pan-Herpesvirus Inhibitors.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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11 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

William H RobinsonDivision of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Lawrence SteinmanDepartment of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infection with Epstein-Barr virus is the trigger for the development of multiple sclerosis.

Indexed as

Epstein-Barr Virus InfectionsMultiple SclerosisHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumans

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Registered trials

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