作者: Alasdair J. Coles , Alastair Compston , Joanne L. Jones
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关键词: Immunology 、 Autoimmune disease 、 Treatment regimen 、 Antibody 、 Medicine 、 Multiple sclerosis 、 Increased risk 、 Lymphocyte depletion
摘要: The invention provides methods of diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, including identifying patients who are at increased risk developing a secondary autoimmune disease following lymphocyte depletion, caused, e.g., by treatment with an anti-CD52 antibody. Also embraced selecting regimens for MS and reagents useful in the above methods.