Editorial: CSF GFAP: Volcanic ash from anti-aquaporin-4 antibody-mediated destruction of astrocytes

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 200-201

  Giovannoni, Gavin ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S100B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AQUAPORIN 4;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ASTROCYTE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; BLOOD; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

ANTIBODIES; AQUAPORIN 4; ASTROCYTES; DEMYELINATING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, CNS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS;

EID: 77954996713     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181e8e92d     Document Type: Editorial

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