The role of aquaporin-4 antibodies in Chinese patients with neuromyelitis optica

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-98

  Yang, Yang ^a   Huang, De Hui ^a   Wu, Wei Ping ^a   Wu, Lei ^a   Chen, Li Feng ^a   Wu, Qian ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4 antibody; Central nervous system; Multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitis optica

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD LESION;

AQUAPORIN 4; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84871464880     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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