The chemokine CXCL13 in acute neuroborreliosis

Makbule Senel (1) , Tobias A Rupprecht (2) , Hayrettin Tumani (1) , Hans Walter Pfister (2) , Albert C Ludolph (1) , Johannes Brettschneider (1)

1 University of Ulm, Department of Neurology
2 Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich-Grosshadern, Department of Neurology

Recent studies have suggested an important role of the B-cell chemoattractant CXCL13 in acute neuroborreliosis (NB). Our aim was to confirm the diagnostic role of CXCL13 and to evaluate its relevance as a therapy response and disease activity marker in NB.

Mots clés: BORRELIA; CSF

Makbule Senel, Tobias A Rupprecht, Hayrettin Tumani, Hans Walter Pfister, Albert C Ludolph, et al.. The chemokine CXCL13 in acute neuroborreliosis. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2009, 81 (8), jnnp.2009.195438v1. ⟨10.1136/jnnp.2009.195438⟩. ⟨hal-00557426⟩