Anti-aquaporin 4 antibody in Japanese multiple sclerosis: The presence of optic-spinal multiple sclerosis without long spinal cord lesions and anti-aquaporin 4 antibody

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 990-992

  Tanaka, Masami ^a,c   Tanaka, Keiko ^b   Komori, Mika ^a   Saida, Takahiko ^a  

^a UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD LESION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; AQUAPORIN 4; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 34548187243     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.114165     Document Type: Article

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