Increase of complement fragment C5a in cerebrospinal fluid during exacerbation of neuromyelitis optica
Authors:
- Hiroshi KurodaHKHiroshi Kuroda
- Kazuo FujiharaKFKazuo Fujihara
- Rina TakanoRTRina Takano
- Yoshiki TakaiYTYoshiki Takai
- Toshiyuki TakahashiTTToshiyuki Takahashi
- Tatsuro MisuTMTatsuro Misu
- Ichiro NakashimaINIchiro Nakashima
- Shigeru SatoSSShigeru Sato
- Yasuto ItoyamaYIYasuto Itoyama
- Masashi AokiMAMasashi Aoki
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Neuroimmunology
- Vol. 254 (1-2) , 178-182
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Funding Information
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
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