TERMINAL COMPONENT OF COMPLEMENT (C9) IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OF PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

The Lancet

Volumn 324, Issue 8397, 1984, Pages 251-255

  Morgan, B P ^a   Campbell, A K ^a   Compston, D A S ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINS; COMPLEMENT 9; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0021195637     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(84)90298-8     Document Type: Article

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