Anti-myelin antibodies in multiple sclerosis: Clinically useful?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 712-

  Polman, Chris H ^a   Killestein, J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI MYELIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROCONVERSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646826116     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.089839     Document Type: Editorial

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