title: IgG synthesis rate in evaluation of multiple sclerosis in a community hospital.
abstract: We obtained CSF and serum from 21 patients with definite MS in a community hospital. Ninety percent of patients had an elevated IgG synthesis rate, comparable with the sensitivity of oligoclonal bands (0.95) or the IgG index (0.90) and better than the IgG% (0.47) in definite MS. We found that no area hospital routinely employs the IgG synthesis rate. The low-sensitivity IgG% and the dimensionless IgG index can be abandoned. The linear IgG synthesis rate and oligoclonal band scanning should be the CSF tests of choice.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G