Paediatric and adult multiple sclerosis: Age-related differences and time course of the neuroimmunological response in cerebrospinal fluid

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1466-1480

  Reiber, H ^a   Teut, M ^a   Pohl, D ^a,b   Rostasy, K M ^a,c   Hanefeld, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antibody index; Cerebrospinal fluid; IgA; IgG; IgG index; IgM; Intrathecal synthesis; Measles; Paediatric multiple sclerosis; Puberty; Rubella; Statistics; Varicella zoster

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BARRIER; BRAIN GROWTH; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PREPUBERTY; PUBERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MORBILLIVIRUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBELLA VIRUS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72749084850     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458509348418     Document Type: Article

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