The utility of cerebrospinal fluid analysis in patients with multiple sclerosis

M Stangel, S Fredrikson, E Meinl, A Petzold… - Nature Reviews …, 2013 - nature.com
Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) requires the exclusion of other possible diagnoses. For
this reason, the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) should be routinely analysed in patients with a first …

Analyses of cerebrospinal fluid in the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple sclerosis

A Awad, B Hemmer, HP Hartung, B Kieseier… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The laboratory evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has been routinely employed as a
diagnostic test in the diagnosis of neuroimmunological disorders such as multiple sclerosis …

Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in multiple sclerosis

H Tumani, HP Hartung, B Hemmer, C Teunissen… - Neurobiology of …, 2009 - Elsevier
In patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) intensive efforts are directed at identifying biomarkers
in bodily fluids related to underlying disease mechanisms, disease activity and progression …

The cerebrospinal fluid in multiple sclerosis

F Deisenhammer, H Zetterberg, B Fitzner… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Investigation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the diagnostic work-up in suspected multiple
sclerosis (MS) patients has regained attention in the latest version of the diagnostic criteria …

An update on the use of cerebrospinal fluid analysis as a diagnostic tool in multiple sclerosis

M Gastaldi, E Zardini, D Franciotta - Expert review of molecular …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Intrathecal B-lymphocyte activation is a hallmark of multiple sclerosis (MS), a
multi-factorial inflammatory-demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Such …

Multiple sclerosis cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers

G Giovannoni - Disease markers, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is the body fluid closest to the pathology of multiple sclerosis (MS).
For many candidate biomarkers CSF is the only fluid that can be investigated. Several …

Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in multiple sclerosis diagnosis: an update

B Lo Sasso, L Agnello, G Bivona, C Bellia, M Ciaccio - Medicina, 2019 - mdpi.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated demyelinating disease of the central nervous
system (CNS) with brain neurodegeneration. MS patients present heterogeneous clinical …

Recommended standard of cerebrospinal fluid analysis in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: a consensus statement

MS Freedman, EJ Thompson… - Archives of …, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
New criteria for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) were published as the result of an
internationally formed committee. To increase the specificity of diagnosis and to minimize …

Molecular biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid of multiple sclerosis patients

B Fitzner, M Hecker, UK Zettl - Autoimmunity reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system,
usually occurring in young adults and leading to disability. Despite the progress in …

Oligoclonal bands in multiple sclerosis cerebrospinal fluid: an update on methodology and clinical usefulness

H Link, YM Huang - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2006 - Elsevier
Two or more oligoclonal IgG bands (OB) detected by separation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
proteins while not demonstrable in corresponding serum reflect a local B-cell response …