Usefulness of the immunoglobulin-albumin ratio compared to electrophoresis in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis

Rivier, E.; de Crousaz, G.; Steck, A.; Regli, F.

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift 108(52): 2066-2068

1978


ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7672
PMID: 104382
Document Number: 130555
The results obtained with gel electrophoresis on CSF samples of multiple sclerosis patients are compared with measurements of CSF IgG indexes (IgG/alb and IgG/total protein). The correlation between these parameters is good, provided the upper normal limit of the IgG/alb index is over 35% and an "overlapping" zone between 21 and 35% is introduced where the IgG/alb index has not the same diagnostic value.

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