Clinical correlations of CSF single IgG bands [4]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 252, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1274-1275

  Franciotta, Diego ^a   Bergamaschi, Roberto ^b   Amato, Maria Pia ^c   Zardini, Elisabetta ^a   Persico, Alessandra ^b   Portaccio, Emilio ^c   Lolli, Francesco ^c  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; PEROXIDASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 26644461191     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0820-1     Document Type: Letter

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