The intrathecal, polyspecific and oligoclonal immune response in multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 111-117

  Reiber, H ^a   Ungefehr, S ^a   Jacobi, Chr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

IgA; IgG; IgM; Intrathecal immune response; Measles , Rubella , Varricella zoster , HSV , Toxoplasma antibodies; Neuroimmunology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MALE; MEASLES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; RUBELLA; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 0031663125     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135245859800400304     Document Type: Article

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