Molecular detection and quantitation of the chemokine RANTES mRNA in neurological brain

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 598-604

  Hvas, Jonna ^a   Bernard, Claude C A ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemokines; Cytokines; MS; Neurological disorders; PCR; Quantitation; RANTES; T cells

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RANTES;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RNA ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031873519     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb01389.x     Document Type: Article

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