Kappa Index Versus CSF Oligoclonal Bands in Predicting Multiple Sclerosis and Infectious/Inflammatory CNS Disorders.

Diana FerraroRoberta BedinPatrizia NataliDiego FranciottaKrzysztof SmolikMario SantangeloPaolo ImmovilliValentina CameraFrancesca VitettaMatteo GastaldiTommaso TrentiStefano MelettiPatrizia Sola

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2020)

The kappa index and CSF OCB have comparable diagnostic accuracies for a MS or CNSID diagnosis and supply the clinician with useful, complementary information.

Keyphrases

multiple sclerosis
nuclear factor
toll like receptor
mass spectrometry
oxidative stress
white matter
ms ms
blood brain barrier
cerebrospinal fluid
health information
healthcare