Clinical usefulness of cell-based indirect immunofuorescence assay for the detection of aquaporin-4 antibodies in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 331-338

  Kang, Eun Suk ^a   Min, Ju Hong ^a   Lee, Kwang Ho ^a   Kim, Byoung Joon ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; Immunoprecipitation assay; Indirect immunofuorescence assay; Neuromyelitis optica

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865965154     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2012.32.5.331     Document Type: Article

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