Multiple sclerosis: Oligoclonal bands - A useful tool to avoid MS misdiagnosis

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 303-304

  Álvarez Cermeño, José C ^a   Villar, Luisa M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE;

HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS;

EID: 84878907335     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2013.74     Document Type: Article

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