The profile of patients followed at the Neuroimmunology Clinic at UNIFESP: 20 years analysis [PDF]
, 2015 Objective: To describe the clinical activities at the Neuroimmunology Clinic of the Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) from 1994 to 2013. Method: the final diagnosis of all patients that attended the center was reviewed and established upon ...
Bichuetti, Denis Bernardi +8 more
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Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE1): rare autosomal-dominant disorder presenting as acute transverse myelitis [PDF]
, 2018 The term "acute transverse myelitis (ATM)” comprises various non-traumatic disorders that eventually can be associated with a focal myelopathy. Patients characteristically present with an acutely occurring paraparesis/plegia and require a comprehensive ...
Curt, Armin +3 more
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Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis associated with scrub typhus: A case report
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical MedicineRationale: Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is a rare inflammatory demyelinating disease predominantly associated with autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.
Amit Kumar +2 more
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Three cases of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder
Acta Radiologica Open, 2016 Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is characterized by attacks of optic neuritis and longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis. Cases positive for aquaporin 4 antibodies are classified to NMO spectrum disorder (NMOSD) which includes cases with optic neuritis,
Eiji Matsusue +7 more
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Cerebral involvement in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders among Hong Kong Chinese [PDF]
, 2011 published_or_final_versionThe 16th Medical Resarch Conference (MRC), The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 22 January 2011. In Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2011, v. 17, suppl. 1, p.
Chan, KH +8 more
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Secondary antibody deficiency: a complication of anti-CD20 therapy for neuroinflammation [PDF]
, 2018 B-cell depleting anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody therapies are being increasingly used as long-term maintenance therapy for neuroinflammatory disease compared to many non-neurological diseases where they are used as remission-inducing agents.
Constantinescu, C. +6 more
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An immunoassay that distinguishes real neuromyelitis optica signals from a labeling detected in patients receiving natalizumab [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Cell-based assays for neuromyelitis optica (NMO) diagnosis are the most sensitive and specific methods to detect anti-aquaporin 4 (AQP4) antibodies in serum, but some improvements in their quantitative and specificity capacities would be ...
Ana Serna +8 more
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Longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis due to tuberculosis
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 2014 Tuberculosis of the central nervous system (CNS) accounts for approximately 1% of all cases of tuberculosis and half of these involve the spine. Intramedullary involvement is rare in tuberculosis and usually present in the form of radiculomyelitis, transverse myelitis, intraspinal granulomas, or thrombosis of anterior spinal ...
S K, Sahu, S, Giri, N, Gupta
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Post-stroke orthostatic hypotension, its pattern of recovery [PDF]
, 2011 Poster PresentationINTRODUCTION: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is common in stroke patients due to damage to central autonomic centres or pathways. Its pattern of recovery is not well defined.
Cheung, RTF, Li, LSW, Tse, MYM
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Neurosarcoidosis Induced Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis [PDF]
B40. TEASERS IN DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASE, 2020 N. Sawal, G. Johri
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