The prevalence of oligoclonal bands in the CSF of patients with primary neurodegenerative dementia

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 184-188

  Janssen, J C ^a   Godbolt, A K ^a   Ioannidis, P ^a,b   Thompson, E J ^a   Rossor, M N ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Degenerative; Dementia; Diagnosis; Oligoclonal bands

Indexed keywords

OLIGOCLONAL BAND; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN; DEMENTIA; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1242337428     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-004-0296-4     Document Type: Review

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