Journal of Neuroimmunology
Volume 218, Issue 1 , Pages 134-139, 25 January 2010

Clonally expanded plasma cells in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with central nervous system autoimmune demyelination produce “oligoclonal bands”

  • Hans-Christian von Büdingen

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
    • Dept. of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dept. of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Tel.: +1 415 476 9046; fax: +1 415 476 5229.
    • Equal contribution.
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  • Monica Gulati

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
    • Equal contribution.
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  • Sandra Kuenzle

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
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  • Katja Fischer

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
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  • Tobias A. Rupprecht

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
    • Dept. of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany
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  • Norbert Goebels

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
    • Dept. of Neurology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
    • Present address: Dept. of Neurology, University of Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany

Received 20 July 2009; received in revised form 4 October 2009; accepted 9 October 2009. published online 10 November 2009.

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PII: S0165-5728(09)00397-X

doi:10.1016/j.jneuroim.2009.10.005

Journal of Neuroimmunology
Volume 218, Issue 1 , Pages 134-139, 25 January 2010