Early differential diagnosis of multiple sclerosis using a new oligoclonal band test

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 574-577

  Villar, Luisa M ^a   Masjuan, Jaime ^a   Sádaba, Maria C ^a   Gonzalez Porqué, Pedro ^a   Plaza, José ^a   Bootello, Alfredo ^a   Álvarez Cermeño, José C ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 16844370558     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.62.4.574     Document Type: Article

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