Oligoclonal bands and cerebrospinal fluid markers in multiple sclerosis: associations with disease course and progression.

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Published in Mult Scler on September 07, 2012

Authors

Pedro Lourenco1, Afsaneh Shirani, Jameelah Saeedi, Joel Oger, William E Schreiber, Helen Tremlett

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

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