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Multiple sclerosis with and without CSF bands: clinically indistinguishable but immunogenetically distinct.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17000979     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We sought to determine whether Swedish patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) with and without oligoclonal bands (OCBs) in the CSF constitute distinct subpopulations, clinically and immunogenetically. Our findings indicate that OCB-negative MS shares the same clinical features as OCB-positive MS regarding female predominance, age at onset, proportion of primary progressive cases, rate of MRI positivity, and disease severity. Our HLA-DRB1 genotyping results suggest, however, that OCB-positive and OCB-negative MS are immunogenetically distinct.
Authors:
Kerstin Imrell; Anne-Marie Landtblom; Jan Hillert; Thomas Masterman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neurology     Volume:  67     ISSN:  1526-632X     ISO Abbreviation:  Neurology     Publication Date:  2006 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-09-26     Completed Date:  2006-10-11     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401060     Medline TA:  Neurology     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1062-4     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. kerstin.imrell@ki.se
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Female
HLA-DR Antigens / genetics
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / cerebrospinal fluid*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Male
Multiple Sclerosis / cerebrospinal fluid*,  epidemiology,  immunology*
Odds Ratio
Oligoclonal Bands / blood,  cerebrospinal fluid*,  immunology*
Sweden / epidemiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/HLA-DR Antigens; 0/Immunoglobulin G; 0/Oligoclonal Bands; 128338-86-3/HLA-DRB1 antigen

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