High levels of cerebrospinal fluid IgM binding to myelin basic protein are associated with early benign course in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 128-133

  Annunziata, Pasquale ^a   Pluchino, S ^a   Martino, T ^a   Guazzi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Cerebrospinal fluid; Demyelination; IgM; Multiple sclerosis; Myelin basic protein

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOADSORPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030803892     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00074-X     Document Type: Article

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