Quality rating of quantitative and qualitative IgG analysis in liquor;Die wertigkeit der quantitativen und qualitativen IgG analyse im liquor

LaboratoriumsMedizin

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 429-433

  Mayringer, Irmgard ^a   Deisenhammer, Florian ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; IgG; IgG index; Isoelectric focusing; Oligoclonal bands

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 29344433075     PISSN: 03423026     EISSN: 14390477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JLM.2005.058     Document Type: Review

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