CSF oligoclonal bands in MS include antibodies against Chlamydophila antigens

Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1168-1176

  Yao, Song Yi ^a   Stratton, Charles W ^a   Mitchell, William M ^a   Sriram, Subramaniam ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0035826956     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.56.9.1168     Document Type: Article

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