Clinical, radiological, immunological and pathological findings in inflammatory cns demyelination - possible markers for an antibody-mediated process

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 173-177

  Brück, Wolfgang ^a   Neubert, Katrin ^a   Berger, Thomas ^b   Weber, Joerg R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antibody; Multiple sclerosis; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN PROTEINS; PLASMAPHERESIS;

EID: 0034933958     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/135245801678438401     Document Type: Article

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