Anti-aquaporin 4 antibody in Japanese multiple sclerosis with long spinal cord lesions

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 852-854

  Tanaka, Keiko ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4 water channel; Long spinal cord lesion; Neuromyelitis optica; NMO IgG; Opticospinal multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPANESE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD LESION;

ADULT; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA;

EID: 38549156152     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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