Anti-aquaporin-4 antibody in Chinese patients with central nervous system inflammatory demyelinating disorders

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1131-1134

  Long, Youming ^a,b   Qiu, Wei ^a   Hu, Xueqiang ^a   Peng, Fuhua ^a   Lu, Zhengqi ^a   Wang, Yuge ^a   Yang, Yu ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Central nervous system; Diagnosis; Multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitis optica; NMO IgG

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING DISORDER; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NEURITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; AQUAPORIN 4; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOANTIBODIES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84865519167     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.01.022     Document Type: Article

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