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Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: A Case Report

Journal of Nepal Medical Association
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder also known as Devic's disease is an autoimmune condition where the body produces antibodies against Aquaporin-4 in the astrocytes.
Prakriti Karki, Sagar Pahari, Nayan Neupane, Kushal Poudel, Nehal Asharaf   +4 more
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Activation of Anergic B Cells During Development of Autoimmunity

Immunological Reviews, Volume 342, Issue 1, September 2026.
ABSTRACT In healthy individuals, autoreactive B cells are normally silenced via central and peripheral tolerance mechanisms. In the periphery, when autoreactive B cells recognize self‐antigen via their B cell receptor (BCR) (signal 1) but do not receive T cell help (signal 2), they undergo the tolerance mechanism called anergy.
Mohammad Mansoor, Brandon K. Hilliard, Mia J. Smith   +2 more
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Neuromyelitis Optica Lesion Mimicking Brainstem Glioma

, 2007
A 12-year-old girl who presented with weakness of the left extremities and right sided sixth cranial nerve palsy had neuromyelitis optica (NMO) mistaken for brainstem glioma on MRI, in a report from Brain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of ...
J Gordon Millichap, J Gordon Millichap
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Neuromyelitis optica-like pathology is dependent on type I interferon response

, 2013
Neuromyelitis optica is an antibody-mediated autoimmune inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. Reports have suggested that interferon beta which is beneficial for multiple sclerosis, exacerbates neuromyelitis optica. Our aim was to determine
Khorooshi, Reza; id_orcid, Owens, Trevor; id_orcid, Wlodarczyk, Agnieszka, Asgari, Nasrin   +3 more
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Visual Pathway Dysgerminoma Mimicking Neuromyelitis Optica

, 2022
Dysgerminoma is a rare intracranial neoplasia; few cases have been reported of primary visual pathway dysgerminoma.
Jorge Cardenas-Belaunzaran
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Brain MRI Findings in Pediatric-Onset Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder

, 2019
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Differentiating pediatric-onset neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder from acute disseminated encephalomyelitis could be challenging, especially in cases presenting with only brain manifestations.
Salama, S., Izbudak, I., Huisman, T.A.G.M., BULUT, ELİF GÜNAY, Bulut, E., Levy, M., Huisman, T. A. G. M., Karakaya, J., Karakaya, JALE   +8 more
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Aquaporin-4-positive neuromyelitis optica in a male Caucasian patient: A rare demographic presentation

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Neuromyelitis optica with a positive aquaporin-4 antibody is a rare autoimmune condition, which has a higher prevalence in females, and disproportionately affects Black and Asian persons with a typical age of first presentation between the ages of 30 and
Monideep Ghosh, Nesta Baxter, Michael Homer-Ward   +2 more
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Pediatric Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders: Three Case Reports and Review of Literature

Journal of Pediatrics Review, 2020
Introduction: Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) is a rare autoimmune inflammatory and astrocytopathic demyelinating disease of the Central Nervous System (CNS). In most patients, an autoantibody to the water channel protein aquaporin-4 (AQP4)
Seyed Mohammad Baghbanian, Abdorreza Naser Moghadasi, Mohammad Mehdi Nasehi   +2 more
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Topics of neuromyelitis optica

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology, 2014
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) has been revealed the difference in the pathology of multiple sclerosis since the anti-aquaporin 4 (AQP4) antibody associated with NMO has been found. The clinical epidemiological study has been reviewed, NMO-related patient number in Japan is estimated to be about 4400 people.
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Neuromyelitis Optica

, 2001
Eugene Devic and his student F. Gault first reported a single case of their own and reviewed 16 existing cases characterized by optic neuropathy and myelopathy . in 1894.
Eric R. Eggenberger, DO
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