Lack of serum oligoclonal antibody responses to Chlamydophila pneumoniae in multiple sclerosis

European Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-83

  Chapman, M D ^a   Hartley, J C ^b   Furrows, S J ^c   Ridgeway, G L ^c   Thompson, E J ^a   Church, A J ^a   Candler, P M ^a   Giovannoni, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila pneumoniae; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HUMANS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS;

EID: 20544475007     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084933     Document Type: Article

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