Cytomegalovirus is not associated with IgM anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein/sulphate-3-glucuronyl paragloboside antibody-associated neuropathy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-270

  Lunn, M P T ^a,c   Muir, P ^b   Brown, L J ^b   MacMahon, E M E ^b   Gregson, N A ^a   Hughes, R A C ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIPID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; PARAGLOBOSIDE; PARAPROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SEROLOGY;

AGED; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLOBOSIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032838097     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199908)46:2<267::AID-ANA20>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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