Maintenance of B lymphocyte-related clones in the cerebrospinal fluid of multiple sclerosis patients

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3433-3438

  Colombo, Monica ^a   Dono, Mariella ^a   Gazzola, Paola ^a,b   Chiorazzi, Nicholas ^c   Mancardi, Gianluigi ^b   Ferrarini, Manlio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; CSF B lymphocytes; Gene rearrangement; Multiple sclerosis; Time factor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CELL CLONE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0346121471     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200324144     Document Type: Article

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