Author's Response to Professor Reiber's second letter concerning our article: High sensitivity of free lambda and free kappa light chains for the detection of intrathecal immunoglobulin synthesis in cerebrospinal fluid: Author's response

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 451-452

  Arneth, Borros ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ASSAY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PLASMA CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILVER STAINING; STROKE;

EID: 72849111392     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01240.x     Document Type: Letter

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