title: Pattern and concentration of IgG in cerebrospinal fluid in neurosarcoidosis.
abstract: Reports have suggested that the pattern of CSF IgG differentiates neurosarcoidosis from multiple sclerosis. We examined CSF and serum of 7 patients with neurosarcoidosis to determine concentrations of IgG and albumin and the presence of oligoclonal bands. Our results showed that neurosarcoidosis may have associated abnormalities of IgG synthesis and oligoclonal bands present in CSF, but without a consistent pattern.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Seay
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Goust
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G