Detection of myelin basic protein in cerebrospinal fluid and serum from patients with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 603-605

  Ohta, M ^a,b   Ohta, K ^a   Nishimura, M ^a   Saida, T ^a  

^a UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KOBE PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CATTLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036847106     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456302760413405     Document Type: Article

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