Assessment of HIV-intrathecal humoral immune response in AIDS-related neurological disorders

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 278-286

  Fainardi, Enrico ^a   Contini, Carlo ^a   Benassi, Natale ^b   Bedetti, Andrea ^b   Castellazzi, Massimiliano ^a   Vaghi, Luca ^a   Govoni, Vittorio ^a   Paolino, Ezio ^a   Balboni, PierGiorgio ^a   Granieri, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale S Anna   (Italy)

Author keywords

HIV; Intrathecal IgG synthesis; Specific antibody reactivity; Viral structural proteins

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAG PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POL PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

ADULT; AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; HIV ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035479260     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(01)00386-1     Document Type: Article

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