Cerebrospinal fluid measures of disease activity in patients wish multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 475-479

  Sellebjerg, Finn ^a,b   Christiansen, Michael ^b   Nielsen, Peter Michael ^a   Frederiksen, Jette L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Immunoglobulins; Multiple sclerosis; Myelin basic protein

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032408994     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/135245898678845151     Document Type: Article

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