Intrathecal antibody production against Chlamydia pneumoniae in multiple sclerosis is part of a polyspecific immune response

Brain

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1325-1335

  Derfuss, Tobias ^a   Gürkov, Robert ^a   Bergh, Florian Then ^b   Goebels, Norbert ^b   Hartmann, Matthias ^c   Barz, Corinna ^b   Wilske, Bettina ^b   Autenrieth, Ingo ^b   Wick, Manfred ^b   Hohlfeld, Reinhard ^b   Meinl, Edgar ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Chlamydia pneumoniae; CNS infection; Multiple sclerosis; Oligoclonal bands

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

EID: 0034961389     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/124.7.1325     Document Type: Article

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