Chlamydia pneumoniae in children with MS: Frequency and quantity of intrathecal antibodies

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 125-128

  Rostasy, Kevin ^a   Reiber, H ^b   Pohl, D ^b   Lange, P ^b   Ohlenbusch, A ^b   Eiffert, H ^b   Maass, M ^b   Hanefeld, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOME; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0037677349     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000070782.27949.F7     Document Type: Article

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