Intrathecal antibody (IgG) production against human herpesvirus type 6 occurs in about 20% of multiple sclerosis patients and might be linked to a polyspecific B-cell response

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 252, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 968-971

  Derfuss, Tobias ^a,b   Hohlfeld, Reinhard ^a,b   Meinl, Edgar ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

HHV 6; Intrathecal immunoglobulin production; Multiple sclerosis; Spinal fluid

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA VIRUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 23944526944     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0794-z     Document Type: Article

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