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Oligoclonal Bands (protein)

Known as: Immunoglobulins, Oligoclonal, Oligoclonal Bands, bands oligoclonal 
Multiple protein bands serving as markers of specific ANTIBODIES and detected by ELECTROPHORESIS of CEREBROSPINAL FLUID or serum. The bands are most… 
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Review
2016
Review
2016
The search for the target antigens of multiple sclerosis, part 2: CD8+ T cells, B cells, and antibodies in the focus of reverse-translational research
Review
2013
Review
2013
Cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal bands in multiple sclerosis and clinically isolated syndromes: a meta-analysis of prevalence, prognosis and effect of latitude
Background Oligoclonal bands (OCBs) unique to the cerebrospinal fluid are used in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS). The… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
Intrathecal oligoclonal IgG synthesis in multiple sclerosis
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Do oligoclonal bands add information to MRI in first attacks of multiple sclerosis?
Background: To evaluate whether oligoclonal bands (OB) add information to MRI in predicting both a second attack and development… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Matching of oligoclonal immunoglobulin transcriptomes and proteomes of cerebrospinal fluid in multiple sclerosis
We describe a method for correlating the immunoglobulin (Ig) proteomes with the B cell transcriptomes in human fluid and tissue… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Clonally expanded plasma cells in the cerebrospinal fluid of MS patients produce myelin‐specific antibodies
Clonally expanded plasma cells (cePC) and their presumed products, oligoclonal immunoglobulin G bands (OCB), are characteristic… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Multiple sclerosis with and without CSF bands: Clinically indistinguishable but immunogenetically distinct
We sought to determine whether Swedish patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) with and without oligoclonal bands (OCBs) in the CSF… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Use of soluble peptide-DR4 tetramers to detect synovial T cells specific for cartilage antigens in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Considerable evidence indicates that CD4(+) T cells are important in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but the… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Early signs and risk factors for the increased incidence of Epstein-Barr virus-related posttransplant lymphoproliferative diseases in pediatric liver transplant recipients treated with tacrolimus.
BACKGROUND Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) is a life-threatening condition the incidence of which in pediatric… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Agarose electrophoresis of cerebrospinal fluid in multiple sclerosis
The gamma globulins in cerebrospinal fluid from almost all patients with multiple sclerosis migrate in agarose electrophoresis as… 
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