NMO-IgG in the diagnosis of neuromyelitis optica

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1076-1077

  Jarius, S ^a,b,c   Franciotta, D ^c   Bergamaschi, R ^c   Wright, H ^a   Littleton, E ^a   Palace, J ^a   Hohlfeld, R ^b   Vincent, A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA IMMUNOGLOBULIN G AUTOANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34147097044     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000256822.01222.bd     Document Type: Article

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