Isolated Idiopathic Optic Neuritis: Analysis of Free º-Light Chains in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Correlation With Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Findings

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1986, Pages 456-458

  Rudick, Richard A ^a   Jacobs, Lawrence ^b   Kinkel, Peter R ^b   Kinkel, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b New York Dent Neurologic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTIC NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, KAPPA-CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, LIGHT-CHAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OPTIC NEURITIS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0022640881     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1986.00520050036018     Document Type: Article

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