Herein, we report the clinical findings, treatment choice, and clinical course of a rare case of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) infection with the sole manifestation of optic neuritis (ON).
Wei-Yu Chiang, Hsiu-Mei Huang
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Evaluation of diagnostic criteria and red flags of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein encephalomyelitis in a clinical routine cohort. [PDF]
AIMS Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies (MOG-IgG) have been proposed to define "MOG encephalomyelitis" (MOG-EM), with published diagnostic and "red flag" criteria.
Veselaj K +15 more
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Coronaviruses in spinal fluid of patients with acute monosymptomatic optic neuritis. [PDF]
Acute monosymptomatic optic neuritis (AMON) may be an initial symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS). Coronaviruses have been implicated in the etiology of MS. The objective of the present study was to look for coronaviral RNA in AMON, which could be present in the initial stages of the development of MS.Spinal fluids from 37 patients with AMON and 15 ...
Dessau RB, Lisby G, Frederiksen JL.
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The Prevalence of Anti-Aquaporin 4 Antibody in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Demyelinating Diseases Presented to a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia: Presentation and Prognosis. [PDF]
Background. There have been inconsistent reports on the prevalence and pathogenicity of anti‐Aquaporin 4 (AQP4) in patients presented with idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating diseases (IIDDs). Objective. To estimate the prevalence of anti‐AQP4 antibody in patients with IIDDs presented to University Malaya Medical Centre in terms of patients’ clinical
Abdullah S, Wong WF, Tan CT.
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EARLY ONSET OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - CLINICAL FEATURES. [PDF]
The onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) in childhood is a diagnostic challenge. The aim of our study was to analyze the parameters of MS with an early onset in relation to the symptoms and course of the disease in adult patients.
Suknjaja V, Sakalaš L, Ilin M.
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Epidemiology of Monosymptomatic Optic Neuritis in Rijeka County, Croatia: Meteorological Aspects [PDF]
In order to analyze the meteorological factors possibly influencing the monosymptomatic optic neuritis in Rijeka County, northwestern part of Croatia, retrospective analysis of all cases diagnosed in Rijeka County in period from 1977 to 2001, was done ...
Branimir Cerovski +5 more
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RECURRENT ATYPICAL OPTIC NEURITIS AS THE LEADING SIGN OF FABRY DISEASE. [PDF]
Acute optic neuritis has the age and sex adjusted incidence of 1-5/100,000 in general population. It is mostly a disorder affecting young Caucasian women (31-32 years).
Zavoreo I +5 more
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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS OR FABRY DISEASE - PROS AND CONS. [PDF]
Fabry disease is a rare X-linked inherited lysosomal storage disease affecting multiple organ systems, presenting in the central nervous system (CNS) as white matter lesions with underlying cerebral vasculopathy and autoinflammatory changes of the ...
Zavoreo I +4 more
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Parameters of visually guided saccades were studied in 22 patients with monosymptomatic optic neuritis and 21 age-matched control subjects with a precise infrared reflection technique. Follow-up of the patients over 2.2 years, on average, allowed correlations of subclinical saccadic abnormalities, measured at study entry, with the development of ...
Tsironi, E. +4 more
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Pediatric multiple sclerosis in Venezuela
OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Venezuelan pediatric patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS: Database records from the National Program for MS were searched for patients with an established diagnosis of ...
Joaquín A. Peña +5 more
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