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Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder
Review Articles from PubMed
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a severe inflammatory disease of the central nervous system, particularly characterized by disabling episodes of optic neuritis and longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis. The pathogenic characteristic is the presence of antiaquaporin ...
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and NMO spectrum disorder (NMOSD) are inflammatory CNS syndromes mainly involving the optic nerve and/or spinal cord and characterized by the presence of serum aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G antibodies (AQP4-IgG). The pathology of NMOSD is complicated, while ...
Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies (MOG Abs) are frequently detected in pediatric acquired demyelinating syndrome (ADS), and MOG-Ab-positive ADS differs from multiple sclerosis (MS) and aquaporin-4 (AQP4)-Ab-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) in terms ...
Editorials from PubMed
Research Articles from PubMed
No approved therapies exist for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), a rare, relapsing, autoimmune, inflammatory disease of the CNS that causes blindness and paralysis. We aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of inebilizumab, an anti-CD19, B cell-depleting antibody, ...
Neuromyelitis optica is an inflammatory CNS syndrome that is associated with serum aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G antibodies (AQP4-IgG). According to the new diagnostic criteria the term NMO is replaced by the term NMOSD and for the first time criteria allow diagnosis in patients who ...