Anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein antibodies and endoneurial cryoglobulin deposits responsible for a severe neuropathy

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 409-412

  Markov, Angel K ^a   Neely, William A ^a   Didlake, Ralph H ^a   Terry, Joe ^a   Causey, Alan ^a   Lehan, Patrick H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulin; Myelin associated glycoprotein; Paraproteinemia; Peripheral neuropathy; Waldenstr m's macroglobulinemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CRYOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDONEURIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE BIOPSY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 0034834816     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010100381     Document Type: Article

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