Effects of age and sex on aquaporin-4 autoimmunity

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1039-1043

  Quek, Amy M L ^a   McKeon, Andrew ^a   Lennon, Vanda A ^a   Mandrekar, Jayawant N ^a   Iorio, Raffaele ^a   Jiao, Yujuan ^a   Costanzi, Chiara ^a   Weinshenker, Brian G ^a   Wingerchuk, Dean M ^b   Lucchinetti, Claudia F ^a   Shuster, Elizabeth A ^c   Pittock, Sean J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNODETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865654895     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2012.249     Document Type: Article

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