Can CSF predict the course of optic neuritis?

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 132-135

  Frederiksen, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Intrathecal lgG synthesis; Multiple sclerosis; Myelin basic protein; Neurotropic virus; Oligoclonal bands

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHROMOSOME BAND; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; SERUM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031656571     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135245859800400308     Document Type: Article

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