title: A longitudinal study of antibrain antibodies in multiple sclerosis.
abstract: The presence of complement-fixing antibrain antibodies is a distinctive feature of multiple sclerosis (MS). In a longitudinal study of 35 MS patients antibrain antibody titres in serum were followed for up to 5 years; in 18 of them also CSF titres were determined. No consistent correlations between antibrain antibody titres and clinical events were found. Thus, MS relapses are not caused by a general increase in antibrain antibody titres, and conversely the relapses did not cause a boosting of antibrain antibodies. Significant variations in the local plaque environment are, however, not ruled out by the present results.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D001921:Brain / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone