Usefulness of antibody index assessment in cerebrospinal fluid from patients negative for total-IgG oligoclonal bands

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Jarius, Sven ^a   Eichhorn, Peter ^b   Wildemann, Brigitte ^a   Wick, Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibody index; Borrelia burgdorferi; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cytomegalovirus; Herpes simplex virus; Intrathecal IgG synthesis; Measles virus; MRZ reaction; Multiple sclerosis; Oligoclonal bands; Rubella virus; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 84868242204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-8118-9-14     Document Type: Article

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