A screening assay to detect antigen-specific antibodies within cerebrospinal fluid

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 311, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 81-86

  Morris, Patricia ^a   Davies, Nicholas W S ^b   Keir, Geoffrey ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigen specific; Cerebrospinal fluid; Infection; Oligoclonal bands; Screen

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BRAIN INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SCREENING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; EPITOPES; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MEASLES; REAGENT STRIPS; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33646475998     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2006.01.015     Document Type: Article

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