Viliuisk encephalomyelitis: Intrathecal synthesis of oligoclonal IgG

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 212, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 69-73

  Green, Alison J E ^a   Sivtseva, Tatiana M ^b   Danilova, Al'bina P ^b   Osakovsky, Vladimir L ^b   Vladimirtsev, Vsevolod A ^b   Zeidler, Martin ^a   Knight, Richard S ^a   Platonov, Feodor A ^b   Shatunov, Alexey ^c   Alekseev, Vasiliy P ^b   Krivoshapkin, Vadim G ^b   Masters, Colin L ^d   Gajdusek, D Carleton ^e   Goldfarb, Lev G ^c,f  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Health   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic brain inflammation; Intrathecal IgG synthesis; Isoelectric focusing; Viliuisk encephalomyelitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VILIUISK ENCEPHALOMYELITIS;

EID: 0037940283     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(03)00107-2     Document Type: Article

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