T-Cell reactivity against AQP4 in neuromyelitis optica

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 945-946

  Vaknin Dembinsky, Adi ^a   Brill, Livnat ^a   Kassis, Ibrahim ^a   Petrou, Panayiota ^a   Ovadia, Haim ^a   Ben Hur, Tamir ^a   Abramsky, Oded ^a   Karussis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA INTERFERON; GLATIRAMER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NOTE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 84866124169     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318266fc2b     Document Type: Article

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