Cerebrospinal fluid examination in the differential diagnosis of inflammatory myelopathies

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2001, Pages

  Perini, P ^a   Calabrese, M ^a   Ranzato, F ^a   Tiberio, M ^a   Gallo, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Cerebrospinal fluid; Myelitis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SUPERNATANT; VIROLOGY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYELITIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MYELITIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0035679658     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720100037     Document Type: Article

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