Immunoassays fail to detect antibodies against neuronal calcium channels in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis serum

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 695-700

  Arsac, Christine ^a   Raymond, Cécile ^a   Martin Moutot, Nicole ^a   Dargent, Bénédicte ^a   Couraud, François ^c   Pouget, Jean ^b   Seagar, Michael ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CONOTOXIN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029807614     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410400504     Document Type: Article

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