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Accumulation of clonally related B lymphocytes in the cerebrospinal fluid of multiple sclerosis patients.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Mar 2000
Colombo M, Dono M, Gazzola P, Roncella S, Valetto A, Chiorazzi N, Mancardi G L, Ferrarini M
Abstract excerpt
The accumulation of B lymphocyte clones in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and patients with other neurological disorders was investigated using PCR technologies. Oligoclonal B cell accumulations were detected in 10 of 10 MS patients, but only in 3 of 10 of the patients with other neurological disorders. Analyses of the Ig V(D)J sequences on the CSF from MS patients...
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