Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 288, Issue 1 , Pages 63-67, 15 January 2010

Presence of CSF oligoclonal bands (OCB) is associated with the HLA-DRB1 genotype in a West Australian multiple sclerosis cohort

  • Jing-Shan Wu

      Affiliations

    • Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, 6009, Perth, WA, Australia
    • ,
  • Wei Qiu

      Affiliations

    • Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, 6009, Perth, WA, Australia
    • Department of Neurology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yet-sen University, Guangzhou, China
    • ,
  • Alison Castley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Immunology and Immunogenetics, PathWest Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Ian James

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Clinical Immunology & Biomedical Statistics, Murdoch University & Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Joyce Joseph

      Affiliations

    • Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, 6009, Perth, WA, Australia
    • ,
  • Frank T Christiansen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Immunology and Immunogenetics, PathWest Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    • School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • William M Carroll

      Affiliations

    • Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, 6009, Perth, WA, Australia
    • ,
  • Frank L Mastaglia

      Affiliations

    • Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, 6009, Perth, WA, Australia
    • ,
  • Allan G Kermode

      Affiliations

    • Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, 6009, Perth, WA, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 8 93881865; fax: +61 8 93882149.

Received 27 July 2009; received in revised form 5 October 2009; accepted 7 October 2009. published online 02 November 2009.

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PII: S0022-510X(09)00901-0

doi:10.1016/j.jns.2009.10.005

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 288, Issue 1 , Pages 63-67, 15 January 2010

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