ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Clinical significance of cytokine counting in patients with multiple sclerosis and its relationship with herpes infection
1 Yaroslavl State Medical University, Yaroslavl, Russia
2 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
3 Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia
4 Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Natalia S. Baranova
Revolutsionnaya, 5, Yaroslavl, 150000, Russia; ur.liam@sn_avonarab
Funding: the work was supported by the Innovations Assistance Fund within the framework of the UMNIK program: Participant of the youth scientific and innovative competition (contracts № 3560GU1/2014 of 23.09.2014, № 8815GU2/2015 of 17.12.2015).
Author contribution: NS Baranova, MC Gris — study planning and design, data analysis, manuscript authoring; MC Gris, AS Artyukhov, KM Shakirova — data collection and research; AA Baranov — data analysis; all autors — manuscript editing.
Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Yaroslavl State Medical University (Minutes № 1 of October 1, 2013). All patients signed a voluntary informed consent.