The intrathecal, polyspecific antiviral immune response: Specific for MS or a general marker of CNS autoimmunity?

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 98-100

  Jarius, Sven ^a   Eichhorn, Peter ^b   Jacobi, Christian ^a   Wildemann, Brigitte ^a   Wick, Manfred ^b   Voltz, Raymond ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

CSF marker; Intrathecal IgG synthesis; Measles virus; Multiple sclerosis; Paraneoplastic neurological disorders; Rubella virus; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEASLES ANTIBODY; RUBELLA ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA VIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM; RUBELLA VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63349083824     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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