Polyneuropathies associated with high titre antisulphatide antibodies: Characteristics of patients with and without serum monoclonal proteins

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 581-585

  Lopate, Glenn ^a   Parks, Becky Jo ^b   Goldstein, Jonathan M ^c   Yee, Woon Chee ^a   Friesenhahn, Gerlyn M ^a   Pestronk, Alan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisulphatide antibodies; Demyelinating disease; Electrodiagnosis; Immunocytochemistry; Paraproteinaemia; Peripheral nerve disease

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; M PROTEIN; MYELIN; SULFATIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030982672     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.6.581     Document Type: Article

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