Search for dissertations about: "Sara Haghighi"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Sara Haghighi.

2. 1. Investigation of immunological preconditions in MS patients "MS immunopathic trait"

   Author : Sara Haghighi; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : multiple sclerosis; siblings; CSF; oligoclonal; cytokine; sulfatide; genetics; trait;

   Abstract : We examined 47 MS patients, 47 healthy siblings and 50 healthy unrelated individuals with blood and CSF analysis and found that 19 % (9/47) of healthy siblings of clinically definite multiple sclerosis patients had an intrathecal immunological reaction to ¡Ý 2 CSF-enriched OCB, in contrast to 4% (2/50) of the unrelated healthy controls. We termed this condition ¡°MS immunopathic trait¡±. READ MORE