Devic's disease and autoantibodies

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 136-137

  Scolding, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; PARENCHYMA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SHORT SURVEY; SPINAL CORD LESION; VASCULAR FIBROSIS;

EID: 13944260904     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(05)70002-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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