Thesis (MHSc--Health Science) -- Auckland University of Technology, 2003. / Appendices A and B are not included in e-thesis. Also held in print (148 leaves, 30 cm.) in Akoranga Theses Collection (T 616.83 BRO)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2008. / Title from title screen (viewed on April, 7, 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Psychology. Degree awarded 2008; thesis submitted 2007. Bibliography: leaves 148-164. Also issued in print.

Thesis (Honors)--College of William and Mary, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 31-34). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Dissertation (Ph.D.).--University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at San Antonio, 2007. Thesis (M.S.) --University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at San Antonio, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D., Education)--University of Idaho, May 2008. / Major professor: Roger Scott. Includes bibliographical references (leaves ). Also available online (PDF file) by subscription or by purchasing the individual file.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1960. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Bibliography: leaves 103-107.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 153-184). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Western Ontario, 1994. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography (leaves 148-153).

Thesis (B.A. (Hons.)) - University of Queensland, 2005. / Includes bibliography.

In this thesis, immunological parameters in multiple sclerosis patients (MS) have been examined and techniques contributing to the study of these aspects have been developed. The epidemiology of MS suggests that both environmental and genetic factors contribute to the disease process. According to a widespread theory, an autoimmune reaction leading to demyelination could be induced, in genetically determined individuals, by an infectious agent (s) e.g a paramyxovirus or a retrovirus. In the first part of the thesis, the oligoclonal immunoglobulin (Igs) in the CSF of MS patients in relation to the paramyxovirus SV5 were studied. This was to complement an initial observation made in the department that a significant proportion of cerebrospinal fluids (CSF) could have oligoclonal bands directly acting against antigens (Ags) of this virus. In the second part of the thesis, techniques were developed for the analysis of proliferative capacity of peripheral lymphocytes of MS and control patients using possible MS autoantigens viz myelin and brain vessels. The humoral response against these Ags was also assessed by immunoblotting using MS, neurological and normal control patients. In parallel and in the view to obtaining antigens for the immunological studies, techniques for the purification and characterisation of human brain vessels from post mortem brains were assessed and attempts to culture human brain endothelial cell lines were made.