Anti-ganglioside antibodies in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis revisited.

BACKGROUND:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder with typical onset in the 5th- 6th decade of life. The hypothesis of an autoimmune origin of ALS receives less attention today, but immunological phenomena still seem to be involved and mechanisms such as prot...

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Main Authors: Katja Kollewe, Ulrich Wurster, Thomas Sinzenich, Sonja Körner, Reinhard Dengler, Bahram Mohammadi, Susanne Petri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4397083?pdf=render