Oligoclonal immunoglobulins in cerebrospinal fluid during varicella zoster virus (VZV) vasculopathy are directed against VZV

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 459-463

  Burgoon, Mark P ^a   Hammack, Barbara N ^a   Owens, Gregory P ^a   Maybach, Amy L ^a   Judith Eikelenboom, M ^b   Gilden, Donald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0141758472     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10685     Document Type: Article

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