Intrathecal production of measles-specific IgA in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-100

  Visudtibhan, A ^a,b   Mehta, P D ^a   Kulczycki, J ^c   Coyle, P K ^d   Thormar, H ^e  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Immunoglobulin A; Measles virus; Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MEASLES VIRUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030794949     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00247.x     Document Type: Article

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