Free light chains in CSF-pushing a method with biased interpretations: Letter to the editor

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 445-446

  Reiber, Hansotto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LETTER; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 72849131200     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01244.x     Document Type: Letter

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