Anticardiolipin antibodies in patients with multiple sclerosis do not represent a subgroup of patients according to clinical, familial, and biological characteristics

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 647-649

  Heinzlef, Olivier ^a   Weill, B ^c   Johanet, C ^b   Sazdovitch, V ^a   Caillat Zucman, S ^d   Tournier Lasserve, E ^e   Roullet, E ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^c Cochin Hospital ^*  (France)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0036242218     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.72.5.647     Document Type: Article

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