Acute multiple sclerosis (Marburg type) is associated with developmentally immature myelin basic protein

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-24

  Wood, D D ^a   Bilbao, J M ^b   O'Connors, P ^b   Moscarello, M A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ARGININE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CITRULLINE; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS;

EID: 0029927069     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410400106     Document Type: Article

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