Bound and free light chains in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis and multiple sclerosis serum and cerebrospinal fluid.

Abstract

The kappa-lambda light chain ratios, the presence of free light chains and the double ring formation, with antikappa and antilambda serum, in single radial immunodiffusion were investigated in serum and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Cerebrospinal fluid samples of several multiple sclerosis cases were considered simultaneously. The results obtained suggest special immunoglobulin synthesis in both diseases.