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Appraisal of the PAM cell effect as a diagnostic test for multiple sclerosis
Author(s) -
Cohn Howard,
Oger Jôel,
Sabouraud Olivier,
Ardouin Maurice
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410030506
Subject(s) - multiple sclerosis , cell , optic neuritis , medicine , immunology , chemistry , biochemistry
The selective reduction of PAM cell yield reported by Carp and associates in the presence of tissue from patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has been attributed to replication in culture of a viral agent associated with MS (MSAA). We investigated the diagnostic potential of the PAM cell effect in MS and in optic neuritis (ON). Six serum and 7 CSF samples from 7 patients with MS, 3 serum and 3 CSF samples from 4 patients with idiopathic ON, and 4 sera from 4 patients with ON induced by ethambutal toxicity were tested. Blind counting showed no reduction in PAM cell yield in the MS group nor any significant difference between the two ON groups. Disturbing inconsistencies in PAM cell growth rates over time and between control flasks were demonstrated.