Cerebrospinal fluid B cells and disease progression in multiple sclerosis - A longitudinal prospective study.

There is evidence that B cells play an important role in disease pathology of multiple sclerosis (MS). The aim of this prospective observational study was to determine the predictive value of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) B cell subtypes in disease evolution of patients with MS.128 patients were include...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Wurth, Bettina Kuenz, Gabriel Bsteh, Rainer Ehling, Franziska Di Pauli, Harald Hegen, Michael Auer, Viktoria Gredler, Florian Deisenhammer, Markus Reindl, Thomas Berger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5544180?pdf=render