Diagnostic utility of NMO/AQP4-IgG in evaluating CNS inflammatory disease in Thai patients

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 320, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 118-120

  Apiwattanakul, Metha ^a   Asawavichienjinda, Thanin ^b   Pulkes, Teeratorn ^c   Tantirittisak, Tasanee ^a   Hemachudha, Thiravat ^b   Horta, Erika S ^d   Jenkins, Sarah M ^d   Pittock, Sean J ^d  

^a PRASAT NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; Assays; Autoantibodies; Autoimmune diseases; Demyelinating disease; Devic's syndrome; Diagnosis; Multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitis optica; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA INTERFERON; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BINDING ASSAY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

ADULT; AQUAPORIN 4; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOANTIBODIES; DEMYELINATING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, CNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84864620668     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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