Oligoclonal immune response in cerebral cavernous malformations. Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1023-1026

  Shi, Changbin ^a   Shenkar, Robert ^a   Batjer, H Hunt ^a   Check, Irene J ^a   Awad, Issam A ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Cavernous angioma; Cerebral cavernous malformation; Immune response; Isoelectric focusing; Oligoclonality

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CEREBRAL CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; PLASMA CELLS;

EID: 37149043250     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/11/1023     Document Type: Article

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