Enhanced IL-6 production in aquaporin-4 antibody positive neuromyelitis optica patients

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-75

  Içöz, Sema ^a   Tüzün, Erdem ^a   Kürtüncü, Murat ^a   Durmuş, Hacer ^a   Mutlu, Melike ^a   Eraksoy, Mefkure ^a   Akman Demir, Gülşen ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anti aquaporin 4; Autoimmunity; Cerebrospinal fluid; Devic's syndrome; Interleukin 6; Neuromyelitis optica

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; AQUAPORIN 4; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 76749157503     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207450903428970     Document Type: Article

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