title: CSF electrophoresis: an adaptation using cellulose acetate for the identification of oligoclonal banding.
abstract: An adaptation of cellulose acetate electrophoresis for studying concentrated cerebrospinal fluid is described. Two hundred and twenty-one patients have been studied, and the specificity for multiple sclerosis and sub-acute sclerosing panencephalitis is discussed. This has been positive for oligoclonal banding (OB) in 79% of patients with clinically definite multiple sclerosis.
mesh_terms: D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D004586:Electrophoresis / Q000379:methods*; D004588:Electrophoresis, Cellulose Acetate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013344:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins; D005719:gamma-Globulins