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- Title
Reappraisal of CSF-specific oligoclonal bands in Asia.
- Authors
Kim, Ki Hoon; Kim, Su-Hyun; Park, Na Young; Hyun, Jae-Won; Kim, Ho Jin
- Abstract
The prevalence of cerebrospinal fluid–specific oligoclonal bands (CSF-OCBs) was reported to be low in Asian people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) compared to that in Western pwMS. It is yet to be determined whether it is a genuine feature of Asian pwMS or a misapprehension owing to past mis-classification of MS-mimicking diseases as MS. We aimed to reappraise the prevalence of CSF-OCBs in Korean pwMS after carefully excluding other central nervous system-inflammatory demyelinating diseases since 2017. Among 88 subjects, 78 (88.6%) were positive for CSF-OCBs, which suggests the prevalence of CSF-OCBs is not different between Korean and Western pwMS.
- Subjects
ASIA; ASIANS; DEMYELINATION; MULTIPLE sclerosis; ISOELECTRIC focusing; DIAGNOSTIC errors; MYELIN sheath diseases
- Publication
Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2022, Vol 28, Issue 4, p665
- ISSN
1352-4585
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/13524585211048752