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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021 Introduction Neuromyelitis optica is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that predominantly affects the optic nerves and spinal cord.
Rodas Asrat Kassu +9 more
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Neuromyelitis optica with rapid respiratory failure: a case report
Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2021 Background Neuromyelitis optica is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system and is characterized by severe optic neuritis and transverse myelitis. Case Presentation The patient was a 74‐year‐old man with pneumonia. On admission,
Kosuke Otake +6 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 BackgroundNeuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders seriously hinder social participation. Only clarifying the status of social participation and the factors most strongly influencing it can promote better-targeted support for those with neuromyelitis ...
Mengmeng Jia +7 more
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Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 Over the past decade, the discovery of disease-specific aquaporin-4 antibodies has led to a better understanding of the diverse spectrum of disorders that are associated with neuromyelitis optica.
Kok-Tian Oo +3 more
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Post COVID-19 vaccination neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: Case report & MRI findings
Radiology Case Reports, 2021 There are rising concerns among the medical community and the public regarding the side effects of different vaccines developed throughout the world and their short and long-term effects, particularly COVID19 vaccines.
Noor Badrawi, MD +2 more
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Predominant Myofibrillar Pathology with Preserved Sarcolemmal Aquaporin 4 Immunoreactivity in a Patient with Neuromyelitis Optica-Associated HyperCKemia [PDF]
Kosin Medical Journal, 2021 A 49-year-old man developed recurrent myalgia and hyperCKemia during acute attacks of neuromyelitis optica. Muscle biopsy was performed, and the pathological findings were analyzed.
So-Young Huh +4 more
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A rare association of neuromyelitis optica, antisynthetase, and antiphospholipid syndrome
Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Key Clinical Message The association of neuromyelitis optica concurrently with two other autoimmune diseases is rare. Neuromyelitis optica should be taken into consideration when evaluating the symptoms of the patient as a differential diagnostic aspect.
Dóra Nemes‐Tömöri +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2015 Inflammatory demyelinating lesions of the central nervous system are a common feature of both neuromyelitis optica and multiple sclerosis. Despite this similarity, it is evident clinically that the accumulation of disability in patients with ...
Lucy Matthews +8 more
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Neuromyelitis Optica and Skin [PDF]
Dermatology, 2022 Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder is characterized by attacks of optic neuritis and/or longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis and the presence of anti-aquaporin-4 autoantibodies. Most relapses of neuromyelitis optica worsen over days and then slowly improve in the weeks or months after the maximum clinical deficit has been reached.
Laurent Misery +2 more
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Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical, 2018 Background The specificity of the aquaporin-4 antibody to predict recurrent inflammatory central nervous system disease has led to the design of the 2015 neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder criteria which capture all aquaporin-4 antibody seropositive ...
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