Brain, ISSN 0006-8950, 04/2018, Volume 141, Issue 4, pp. 1075 - 1084
Oligoclonal bands have been largely excluded from the 2010 McDonald diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis. Arrambide et al. show that adding oligoclonal...
Biomarkers | Multiple sclerosis | Oligoclonal bands | Clinically isolated syndrome | Imaging | MULTICENTER | multiple sclerosis | biomarkers | GUIDELINES | imaging | NEUROSCIENCES | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | oligoclonal bands | FREE LIGHT-CHAINS | KAPPA | MRI CRITERIA | clinically isolated syndrome | CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID ANALYSIS | Disability Evaluation | Multiple Sclerosis - diagnosis | Multiple Sclerosis - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Risk Assessment | Multiple Sclerosis - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Middle Aged | Proportional Hazards Models | Male | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Time Factors | Sensitivity and Specificity | Adult | Female | Aged | Cohort Studies
Biomarkers | Multiple sclerosis | Oligoclonal bands | Clinically isolated syndrome | Imaging | MULTICENTER | multiple sclerosis | biomarkers | GUIDELINES | imaging | NEUROSCIENCES | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | oligoclonal bands | FREE LIGHT-CHAINS | KAPPA | MRI CRITERIA | clinically isolated syndrome | CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID ANALYSIS | Disability Evaluation | Multiple Sclerosis - diagnosis | Multiple Sclerosis - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Risk Assessment | Multiple Sclerosis - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Middle Aged | Proportional Hazards Models | Male | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Time Factors | Sensitivity and Specificity | Adult | Female | Aged | Cohort Studies
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Oligoclonal bands and increased cytokine levels in idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Cephalalgia, ISSN 0333-1024, 11/2015, Volume 35, Issue 13, pp. 1153 - 1161
Objectives The pathogenesis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is currently unknown and there are speculations about the contribution of some...
cytokine | vision loss | Oligoclonal bands | idiopathic intracranial hypertension | immunology | ANTIBODIES | SYSTEMIC-LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS | IGG | PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI SYNDROME | CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID | NEUROSCIENCES | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | PATHOGENESIS | PRESSURE | MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS | ASSOCIATION | INTRATHECAL SYNTHESIS | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Male | Biomarkers - blood | Cytokines - cerebrospinal fluid | Intracranial Hypertension - blood | Young Adult | Intracranial Hypertension - cerebrospinal fluid | Adult | Female | Biomarkers - cerebrospinal fluid | Intracranial Hypertension - diagnosis | Cytokines - blood
cytokine | vision loss | Oligoclonal bands | idiopathic intracranial hypertension | immunology | ANTIBODIES | SYSTEMIC-LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS | IGG | PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI SYNDROME | CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID | NEUROSCIENCES | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | PATHOGENESIS | PRESSURE | MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS | ASSOCIATION | INTRATHECAL SYNTHESIS | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Male | Biomarkers - blood | Cytokines - cerebrospinal fluid | Intracranial Hypertension - blood | Young Adult | Intracranial Hypertension - cerebrospinal fluid | Adult | Female | Biomarkers - cerebrospinal fluid | Intracranial Hypertension - diagnosis | Cytokines - blood
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences, ISSN 1661-6596, 12/2018, Volume 19, Issue 12, p. 3796
The latest revision of the McDonald criteria of 2017 considers the evidence of an intrathecal immunoglobulin (IgG) synthesis as a diagnostic criterion for...
McDonald criteria | Multiple sclerosis | Oligoclonal bands | Polyacrylamide gel | Clinically isolated syndrome | Kappa free light chains | multiple sclerosis | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | kappa free light chains | polyacrylamide gel | CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID | clinically isolated syndrome | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | oligoclonal bands | Nephelometry and Turbidimetry | Multiple Sclerosis - diagnosis | Multiple Sclerosis - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Multiple Sclerosis - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains - cerebrospinal fluid | Young Adult | Immunoglobulin Light Chains - cerebrospinal fluid | Adolescent | Adult | Female | Acrylic Resins | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Immunoglobulin Light Chains - blood | Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains - blood
McDonald criteria | Multiple sclerosis | Oligoclonal bands | Polyacrylamide gel | Clinically isolated syndrome | Kappa free light chains | multiple sclerosis | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | kappa free light chains | polyacrylamide gel | CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID | clinically isolated syndrome | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | oligoclonal bands | Nephelometry and Turbidimetry | Multiple Sclerosis - diagnosis | Multiple Sclerosis - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Multiple Sclerosis - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains - cerebrospinal fluid | Young Adult | Immunoglobulin Light Chains - cerebrospinal fluid | Adolescent | Adult | Female | Acrylic Resins | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Immunoglobulin Light Chains - blood | Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains - blood
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Journal of the Neurological Sciences, ISSN 0022-510X, 2011, Volume 306, Issue 1, pp. 82 - 90
Abstract Background Neuromyelitis optica (NMO, Devic disease) is a severely disabling autoimmune disorder of the CNS, which was considered a subtype of...
Neurology | Recurrent optic neuritis | IgG, IgM, IgA | Lactate | Total protein | NMO-IgG | Antibody to aquaporin-4 | Albumin | Neuromyelitis optica (Devic disease) | Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis | Cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal bands | Lumbar puncture | DIAGNOSIS | Albumin Total protein | IGG | IMMUNOGLOBULIN | MECHANISMS | NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES | NEUROSCIENCES | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | PATHOGENESIS | MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS | RELEVANCE | CSF | EXTENSIVE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS | Aquaporin 4 - immunology | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Middle Aged | Blood-Brain Barrier - physiopathology | Antibodies - cerebrospinal fluid | Male | Neuromyelitis Optica - pathology | Young Adult | Lactic Acid - cerebrospinal fluid | Neuromyelitis Optica - cerebrospinal fluid | Spinal Puncture - methods | Adolescent | Antibodies - classification | Adult | Albumins - cerebrospinal fluid | Antibodies - blood | Female | Aged | Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins - cerebrospinal fluid | Leukocyte Count | Longitudinal Studies | Serum Albumin - metabolism | Immunohistochemistry | Autoimmunity | Aquaporins | Immunoglobulin G | Neuromyelitis optica | Ophthalmology | Immunoglobulin A
Neurology | Recurrent optic neuritis | IgG, IgM, IgA | Lactate | Total protein | NMO-IgG | Antibody to aquaporin-4 | Albumin | Neuromyelitis optica (Devic disease) | Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis | Cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal bands | Lumbar puncture | DIAGNOSIS | Albumin Total protein | IGG | IMMUNOGLOBULIN | MECHANISMS | NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES | NEUROSCIENCES | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | PATHOGENESIS | MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS | RELEVANCE | CSF | EXTENSIVE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS | Aquaporin 4 - immunology | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Middle Aged | Blood-Brain Barrier - physiopathology | Antibodies - cerebrospinal fluid | Male | Neuromyelitis Optica - pathology | Young Adult | Lactic Acid - cerebrospinal fluid | Neuromyelitis Optica - cerebrospinal fluid | Spinal Puncture - methods | Adolescent | Antibodies - classification | Adult | Albumins - cerebrospinal fluid | Antibodies - blood | Female | Aged | Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins - cerebrospinal fluid | Leukocyte Count | Longitudinal Studies | Serum Albumin - metabolism | Immunohistochemistry | Autoimmunity | Aquaporins | Immunoglobulin G | Neuromyelitis optica | Ophthalmology | Immunoglobulin A
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Methods in Molecular Biology, ISSN 1064-3745, 2019, Volume 1855, pp. 387 - 401
Isoelectric focusing (IEF) coupled with immunodetection (immunofixation or immunoblotting) has become the leading technique for the detection and study of...
Isoelectrofocusing | Control specimen | Immunoglobulins | Gel casting | Tear | Immunodetection | Agarose gel | Cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal bands | pI marker | Animals | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Sepharose - chemistry | Tears - chemistry | Humans | Isoelectric Focusing - methods | Gels - chemistry | Electrophoresis, Agar Gel - methods
Isoelectrofocusing | Control specimen | Immunoglobulins | Gel casting | Tear | Immunodetection | Agarose gel | Cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal bands | pI marker | Animals | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Sepharose - chemistry | Tears - chemistry | Humans | Isoelectric Focusing - methods | Gels - chemistry | Electrophoresis, Agar Gel - methods
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American Journal of Clinical Pathology, ISSN 0002-9173, 02/2016, Volume 145, Issue 2, pp. 277 - 281
Objectives: To present a unique case where detection of oligoclonal bands in serum led to the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection....
Hematopathology | Immunology | Virology | MULTIPLE-MYELOMA | PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS | HIV-INFECTION | GAMMOPATHIES | DISORDERS | PATTERNS | TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS | PATHOLOGY | HIV Antibodies - blood | Immunoglobulin G - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | HIV Infections - virology | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | RNA, Viral - blood | HIV-1 - genetics | Viral Load | HIV-1 - immunology | B-Lymphocytes - immunology | Immunity, Humoral | HIV-1 - isolation & purification | Hypergammaglobulinemia - diagnosis | Bone Marrow - pathology | HIV Infections - diagnosis | HIV Infections - complications | Immunoglobulins - blood | HIV Infections - drug therapy | Hypergammaglobulinemia - etiology
Hematopathology | Immunology | Virology | MULTIPLE-MYELOMA | PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS | HIV-INFECTION | GAMMOPATHIES | DISORDERS | PATTERNS | TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS | PATHOLOGY | HIV Antibodies - blood | Immunoglobulin G - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | HIV Infections - virology | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | RNA, Viral - blood | HIV-1 - genetics | Viral Load | HIV-1 - immunology | B-Lymphocytes - immunology | Immunity, Humoral | HIV-1 - isolation & purification | Hypergammaglobulinemia - diagnosis | Bone Marrow - pathology | HIV Infections - diagnosis | HIV Infections - complications | Immunoglobulins - blood | HIV Infections - drug therapy | Hypergammaglobulinemia - etiology
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Neurology, ISSN 0028-3878, 02/2012, Volume 78, Issue 8, pp. 532 - 539
Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by the local production of antibodies in the CNS and the presence of oligoclonal bands in the CSF. Antigen...
B-CELLS | ANTIBODIES | EXPANDED PLASMA-CELLS | MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS | MYELIN-OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN | CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM | T-CELL | BASIC-PROTEIN | SCLEROSIS CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID | MS PATIENTS | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting - immunology | Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting - blood | Myelin Sheath - immunology | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Autoantibodies - blood | Humans | Middle Aged | Oligoclonal Bands - immunology | Male | Autoantibodies - cerebrospinal fluid | Autoantibodies - immunology | Protein Array Analysis | Adult | Female | Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting - cerebrospinal fluid | 132
B-CELLS | ANTIBODIES | EXPANDED PLASMA-CELLS | MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS | MYELIN-OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN | CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM | T-CELL | BASIC-PROTEIN | SCLEROSIS CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID | MS PATIENTS | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting - immunology | Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting - blood | Myelin Sheath - immunology | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Autoantibodies - blood | Humans | Middle Aged | Oligoclonal Bands - immunology | Male | Autoantibodies - cerebrospinal fluid | Autoantibodies - immunology | Protein Array Analysis | Adult | Female | Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting - cerebrospinal fluid | 132
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Brain, ISSN 0006-8950, 2015, Volume 138, Issue 3, pp. 632 - 643
Immunological hallmarks of multiple sclerosis include the production of antibodies in the central nervous system, expressed as presence of oligoclonal bands...
Genetics | Multiple sclerosis | Immunoglobulin | Oligoclonal bands | CSF | DECARBOXYLASE | immunoglobulin | ABNORMALITIES | multiple sclerosis | DISEASE SEVERITY | CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID | NEUROSCIENCES | IGG INDEX | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | oligoclonal bands | genetics | IMMUNOGENETIC BACKGROUNDS | SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCUS | DIAGNOSTIC-CRITERIA | GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION | Immunoglobulin G - blood | Multiple Sclerosis - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Humans | Middle Aged | Child, Preschool | Male | Genetic Variation | Young Adult | Smad4 Protein - genetics | Immunoglobulin G - cerebrospinal fluid | Tumor Suppressor Proteins - genetics | Adult | Female | Child | Severity of Illness Index | Genetic Association Studies | Major Histocompatibility Complex - genetics | Multiple Sclerosis - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Europe | Multiple Sclerosis - genetics | Adolescent | Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - genetics | Aged | Original
Genetics | Multiple sclerosis | Immunoglobulin | Oligoclonal bands | CSF | DECARBOXYLASE | immunoglobulin | ABNORMALITIES | multiple sclerosis | DISEASE SEVERITY | CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID | NEUROSCIENCES | IGG INDEX | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | oligoclonal bands | genetics | IMMUNOGENETIC BACKGROUNDS | SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCUS | DIAGNOSTIC-CRITERIA | GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION | Immunoglobulin G - blood | Multiple Sclerosis - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Humans | Middle Aged | Child, Preschool | Male | Genetic Variation | Young Adult | Smad4 Protein - genetics | Immunoglobulin G - cerebrospinal fluid | Tumor Suppressor Proteins - genetics | Adult | Female | Child | Severity of Illness Index | Genetic Association Studies | Major Histocompatibility Complex - genetics | Multiple Sclerosis - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Europe | Multiple Sclerosis - genetics | Adolescent | Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - genetics | Aged | Original
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Journal of Neuroimmunology, ISSN 0165-5728, 2015, Volume 283, pp. 64 - 69
Abstract Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) CXCL13 was shown to correlate with markers of intrathecal inflammation and CSF oligoclonal IgM bands (IgMOB) have been...
Neurology | Allergy and Immunology | Multiple Sclerosis | Cerebrospinal fluid | Clinically Isolated Syndrome | Relapsing–remitting | CXCL13 | IgM oligoclonal bands | Relapsing-remitting | Multiple sclerosis | Clinically isolated syndrome | CELLS | RELAPSES | EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS | IMMUNOLOGY | PROGNOSTIC VALUE | NEUROSCIENCES | INFLAMMATION | DISEASE COURSE | DISABILITY | CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM | EXPRESSION | Predictive Value of Tests | Recurrence | Multiple Sclerosis - diagnosis | Follow-Up Studies | Multiple Sclerosis - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Multiple Sclerosis - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Kaplan-Meier Estimate | Male | Chemokine CXCL13 - blood | Young Adult | Disease-Free Survival | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Spinal Cord - pathology | Brain - pathology | Multiple Sclerosis - immunology | Adult | Female | Chemokine CXCL13 - cerebrospinal fluid | Diagnostic imaging | Diagnosis | Musical groups
Neurology | Allergy and Immunology | Multiple Sclerosis | Cerebrospinal fluid | Clinically Isolated Syndrome | Relapsing–remitting | CXCL13 | IgM oligoclonal bands | Relapsing-remitting | Multiple sclerosis | Clinically isolated syndrome | CELLS | RELAPSES | EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS | IMMUNOLOGY | PROGNOSTIC VALUE | NEUROSCIENCES | INFLAMMATION | DISEASE COURSE | DISABILITY | CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM | EXPRESSION | Predictive Value of Tests | Recurrence | Multiple Sclerosis - diagnosis | Follow-Up Studies | Multiple Sclerosis - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Multiple Sclerosis - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Kaplan-Meier Estimate | Male | Chemokine CXCL13 - blood | Young Adult | Disease-Free Survival | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Spinal Cord - pathology | Brain - pathology | Multiple Sclerosis - immunology | Adult | Female | Chemokine CXCL13 - cerebrospinal fluid | Diagnostic imaging | Diagnosis | Musical groups
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Clinical association of intrathecal and mirrored oligoclonal bands in paediatric neurology
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, ISSN 0012-1622, 01/2013, Volume 55, Issue 1, pp. 71 - 75
Aim  Biomarkers such as autoantibodies, neopterin, and oligoclonal bands (OCBs) are increasingly used for the diagnosis of treatable inflammatory central...
ANTIBODIES | DIAGNOSIS | DISEASES | MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS | ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA | DEMYELINATION | ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS | PEDIATRICS | CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID | CONSENSUS STATEMENT | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | CHILDREN | Pediatrics | Central Nervous System Diseases - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Central Nervous System Diseases - complications | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Inflammation - cerebrospinal fluid | Child, Preschool | Infant | Male | Inflammation - etiology | Central Nervous System Diseases - blood | Inflammation - blood | Neurology | Adolescent | Female | Retrospective Studies | Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated - immunology | Child | Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate - immunology
ANTIBODIES | DIAGNOSIS | DISEASES | MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS | ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA | DEMYELINATION | ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS | PEDIATRICS | CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID | CONSENSUS STATEMENT | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | CHILDREN | Pediatrics | Central Nervous System Diseases - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Central Nervous System Diseases - complications | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Inflammation - cerebrospinal fluid | Child, Preschool | Infant | Male | Inflammation - etiology | Central Nervous System Diseases - blood | Inflammation - blood | Neurology | Adolescent | Female | Retrospective Studies | Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated - immunology | Child | Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate - immunology
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Journal of Neuroimmunology, ISSN 0165-5728, 2017, Volume 309, pp. 31 - 33
Abstract The Multiple Sclerosis (MS) diagnosis is based on dissemination of focal lesions in time and space. The free light chains (FLCs) determination might...
Neurology | Allergy and Immunology | Multiple sclerosis | kFLC Index | Cerebrospinal fluid | Nephelometric assay | Free light chain | FREE LIGHT-CHAINS | IMMUNOLOGY | CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID | NEUROSCIENCES | Nervous System Diseases - blood | Multiple Sclerosis - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Multiple Sclerosis - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Multiple Sclerosis - diagnostic imaging | Biomarkers - blood | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Immunoglobulin Light Chains - cerebrospinal fluid | Nervous System Diseases - cerebrospinal fluid | Biomarkers - cerebrospinal fluid | Immunoglobulin Light Chains - blood | Nervous System Diseases - diagnostic imaging | Analysis
Neurology | Allergy and Immunology | Multiple sclerosis | kFLC Index | Cerebrospinal fluid | Nephelometric assay | Free light chain | FREE LIGHT-CHAINS | IMMUNOLOGY | CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID | NEUROSCIENCES | Nervous System Diseases - blood | Multiple Sclerosis - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Multiple Sclerosis - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Multiple Sclerosis - diagnostic imaging | Biomarkers - blood | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Immunoglobulin Light Chains - cerebrospinal fluid | Nervous System Diseases - cerebrospinal fluid | Biomarkers - cerebrospinal fluid | Immunoglobulin Light Chains - blood | Nervous System Diseases - diagnostic imaging | Analysis
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Neurology, ISSN 0028-3878, 09/2006, Volume 67, Issue 6, pp. 1062 - 1064
We sought to determine whether Swedish patients with multiple sclerosis ( MS) with and without oligoclonal bands (OCBs) in the CSF constitute distinct...
CRITERIA | PREDICT CONVERSION | OLIGOCLONAL IGG | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Multiple Sclerosis - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Oligoclonal Bands - immunology | Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods | Male | Multiple Sclerosis - epidemiology | Sweden - epidemiology | HLA-DR Antigens - genetics | HLA-DRB1 Chains | Immunoglobulin G - cerebrospinal fluid | Multiple Sclerosis - immunology | Female | Odds Ratio | Medical and Health Sciences | MEDICINE | Medicin och hälsovetenskap | MEDICIN
CRITERIA | PREDICT CONVERSION | OLIGOCLONAL IGG | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Multiple Sclerosis - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Oligoclonal Bands - immunology | Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods | Male | Multiple Sclerosis - epidemiology | Sweden - epidemiology | HLA-DR Antigens - genetics | HLA-DRB1 Chains | Immunoglobulin G - cerebrospinal fluid | Multiple Sclerosis - immunology | Female | Odds Ratio | Medical and Health Sciences | MEDICINE | Medicin och hälsovetenskap | MEDICIN
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Blood, ISSN 0006-4971, 12/2009, Volume 114, Issue 24, pp. 4954 - 4956
The prevalence of an abnormal serum free light chain (FLC) ratio in 34 patients with multiple myeloma in complete response (CR) after hematopoietic stem cell...
PREDNISONE | DEXAMETHASONE | THERAPY | PLUS THALIDOMIDE | BORTEZOMIB | HEMATOLOGY | ELDERLY-PATIENTS | MELPHALAN | Oligoclonal Bands - urine | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Humans | Middle Aged | Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation | Male | Remission Induction | Multiple Myeloma - therapy | Multiple Myeloma - urine | Adult | Female | Aged | Immunoglobulin Light Chains - blood | Multiple Myeloma - blood
PREDNISONE | DEXAMETHASONE | THERAPY | PLUS THALIDOMIDE | BORTEZOMIB | HEMATOLOGY | ELDERLY-PATIENTS | MELPHALAN | Oligoclonal Bands - urine | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Humans | Middle Aged | Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation | Male | Remission Induction | Multiple Myeloma - therapy | Multiple Myeloma - urine | Adult | Female | Aged | Immunoglobulin Light Chains - blood | Multiple Myeloma - blood
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Journal of Neuroinflammation, ISSN 1742-2094, 01/2017, Volume 14, Issue 1, p. 11
Background: B lymphocytes are thought to play a relevant role in multiple sclerosis (MS) pathology. The in vivo analysis of intrathecally produced B...
IL21 | BAFF | Multiple sclerosis | Intrathecal IgG synthesis | IgGOB | Cerebrospinal fluid | CXCL13 | FLS | OLIGOCLONAL BANDS | ANTIBODIES | DISORDERS | PATHOLOGY | IMMUNOLOGY | NEUROSCIENCES | B-CELLS | PATHOGENESIS | DISEASE | Multiple Sclerosis - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Humans | Middle Aged | Cerebral Cortex - pathology | Male | Multiple Sclerosis - diagnostic imaging | Statistics as Topic | Atrophy | Adult | B-Cell Activating Factor - immunology | Female | Imaging, Three-Dimensional | Chemokine CXCL13 - immunology | Chemokine CXCL13 - cerebrospinal fluid | Cytokines - blood | Severity of Illness Index | Multiple Sclerosis - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Chemokine CXCL13 - blood | Cytokines - cerebrospinal fluid | Cerebral Cortex - diagnostic imaging | Multiple Sclerosis - complications | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | B-Cell Activating Factor - cerebrospinal fluid | B-Cell Activating Factor - blood | Cytokines | Analysis | Immunoglobulin G | Physiological aspects | Genetic aspects | B cells | Research | Production processes
IL21 | BAFF | Multiple sclerosis | Intrathecal IgG synthesis | IgGOB | Cerebrospinal fluid | CXCL13 | FLS | OLIGOCLONAL BANDS | ANTIBODIES | DISORDERS | PATHOLOGY | IMMUNOLOGY | NEUROSCIENCES | B-CELLS | PATHOGENESIS | DISEASE | Multiple Sclerosis - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Humans | Middle Aged | Cerebral Cortex - pathology | Male | Multiple Sclerosis - diagnostic imaging | Statistics as Topic | Atrophy | Adult | B-Cell Activating Factor - immunology | Female | Imaging, Three-Dimensional | Chemokine CXCL13 - immunology | Chemokine CXCL13 - cerebrospinal fluid | Cytokines - blood | Severity of Illness Index | Multiple Sclerosis - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Chemokine CXCL13 - blood | Cytokines - cerebrospinal fluid | Cerebral Cortex - diagnostic imaging | Multiple Sclerosis - complications | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | B-Cell Activating Factor - cerebrospinal fluid | B-Cell Activating Factor - blood | Cytokines | Analysis | Immunoglobulin G | Physiological aspects | Genetic aspects | B cells | Research | Production processes
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Journal of Neurology, ISSN 0340-5354, 3/2014, Volume 261, Issue 3, pp. 554 - 560
The analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is an important tool for the diagnosis of neurological diseases. However, there is limited knowledge about the...
Neurology | Neurosciences | Multiple sclerosis | Oligoclonal band | Medicine & Public Health | Cerebrospinal fluid | Neuroradiology | DIAGNOSIS | CELLS | MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS | MRI | CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID ANALYSIS | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | BLOOD | Nervous System Diseases - blood | Prospective Studies | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Spinal Puncture | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Oligoclonal Bands - analysis | Young Adult | Adolescent | Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS - cerebrospinal fluid | Nervous System Diseases - cerebrospinal fluid | Aged, 80 and over | Adult | Female | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS - blood | Physiological aspects | Development and progression | Nervous system diseases | Research | Risk factors
Neurology | Neurosciences | Multiple sclerosis | Oligoclonal band | Medicine & Public Health | Cerebrospinal fluid | Neuroradiology | DIAGNOSIS | CELLS | MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS | MRI | CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID ANALYSIS | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | BLOOD | Nervous System Diseases - blood | Prospective Studies | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Spinal Puncture | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Oligoclonal Bands - analysis | Young Adult | Adolescent | Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS - cerebrospinal fluid | Nervous System Diseases - cerebrospinal fluid | Aged, 80 and over | Adult | Female | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS - blood | Physiological aspects | Development and progression | Nervous system diseases | Research | Risk factors
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Journal of Immunological Methods, ISSN 0022-1759, 04/2013, Volume 390, Issue 1-2, pp. 74 - 80
In our search of new biomarkers for multiple sclerosis (MS), we aimed to characterize the immunoglobulin (Ig) free light chains (FLC) in patients'...
Free light chains | Multiple sclerosis | Cerebrospinal fluid | Diagnosis | Mass spectrometry | Western blotting | OLIGOCLONAL BANDS | BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH METHODS | IMMUNOLOGY | CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID | LAMBDA | DISEASES | PLASMA | AMYLOIDOSIS | CSF | Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains - blood | Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains - chemistry | Amino Acid Sequence | Diagnosis, Differential | Multiple Sclerosis - diagnosis | Multiple Sclerosis - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Multiple Sclerosis - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Protein Multimerization | Molecular Sequence Data | Biomarkers - blood | Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains - cerebrospinal fluid | Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains - cerebrospinal fluid | Blotting, Western | Immunoglobulin Light Chains - chemistry | Immunoglobulin Light Chains - cerebrospinal fluid | Mass Spectrometry | Sensitivity and Specificity | Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains - chemistry | Biomarkers - cerebrospinal fluid | Immunoglobulin Light Chains - blood | Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains - blood | Immunoglobulins | Diagnostic imaging | Neurological diseases | Light chains | biomarkers | Monomers
Free light chains | Multiple sclerosis | Cerebrospinal fluid | Diagnosis | Mass spectrometry | Western blotting | OLIGOCLONAL BANDS | BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH METHODS | IMMUNOLOGY | CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID | LAMBDA | DISEASES | PLASMA | AMYLOIDOSIS | CSF | Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains - blood | Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains - chemistry | Amino Acid Sequence | Diagnosis, Differential | Multiple Sclerosis - diagnosis | Multiple Sclerosis - blood | Oligoclonal Bands - blood | Multiple Sclerosis - cerebrospinal fluid | Oligoclonal Bands - cerebrospinal fluid | Humans | Protein Multimerization | Molecular Sequence Data | Biomarkers - blood | Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains - cerebrospinal fluid | Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains - cerebrospinal fluid | Blotting, Western | Immunoglobulin Light Chains - chemistry | Immunoglobulin Light Chains - cerebrospinal fluid | Mass Spectrometry | Sensitivity and Specificity | Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains - chemistry | Biomarkers - cerebrospinal fluid | Immunoglobulin Light Chains - blood | Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains - blood | Immunoglobulins | Diagnostic imaging | Neurological diseases | Light chains | biomarkers | Monomers
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