Anti-αB-crystallin immunoreactivity in Guillain-Barré syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 150-152

  Hegen, Harald ^a   Wanschitz, Julia ^a   Ehling, Rainer ^a   Deisenhammer, Florian ^a   Löscher, Wolfgang N ^a   Reindl, Markus ^a   Berger, Thomas ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEMYELINATING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, CNS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954248724     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2010.00264.x     Document Type: Letter

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