Increased cerebrospinal fluid chitotriosidase index in patients with multiple sclerosis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 309-314

  Verbeek, M M ^a   Notting, E A ^a   Faas, B ^a   Claessens Linskens, R ^a   Jongen, P J H ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Multiple Sclerosis Centre Nijmegen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Chitotriosidase; Immunoglobulins; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CHITOTRIOSIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROGLIA; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; HEXOSAMINIDASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS;

EID: 77951097258     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01242.x     Document Type: Article

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