Serum and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosis, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis and other neurological disease have been tested by the indirect fluorescent antibody method for immunoglobulin M specific for measles. Only sera of three patients were positive. This feature is of
Antibodies against different measles antigens and rubella in patients with multiple sclerosis and other neurological diseases
✍ Scribed by A. Salmi; M. Panelius; P. Arstila; R. Vainionpää
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 41 KB
- Volume
- 160
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-8584
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