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Nakashima, I. et al.

Nakashima, Fujihara, Sato, Itoyama,

Oligoclonal IgG bands in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis. A comparative study between isoelectric focusing with IgG immunofixation and high-resolution agarose gel electrophoresis.

A low prevalence of oligoclonal IgG bands (OB) has been reported as a unique feature of Japanese multiple sclerosis ( MS) as compared with Western MS. We compared the frequency of OB between isoelectric focusing (IEF) and agarose gel electrophoresis (AGE) in 59 Japanese patients with clinically definite MS [39 with conventional form of MS ( CMS) and 20 with optic-spinal form of MS (OSMS)]. The frequency of IEF-OB in total MS was 54%, whereas that of AGE-OB was only 17%. When OSMS was excluded, the frequency increased to 77% by IEF, whereas it remained 23% by AGE. Our study strongly suggests that IEF is highly effective for detecting OB in Japanese MS patients.[1]

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Oligoclonal IgG bands in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis. A comparative study between isoelectric focusing with IgG immunofixation and high-resolution agarose gel electrophoresis. Nakashima, I., Fujihara, K., Sato, S., Itoyama, Y. J. Neuroimmunol. (2005) [Pubmed]

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