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Neuromyelitis Optica

Seminars in Neurology, 2002
Whether neuromyelitis optica (NMO), the co-occurrence of myelitis and optic neuritis, is a variant of multiple sclerosis (MS) or a unique disease is controversial. Distinct neuropathological features and a fulminant clinical course argue in favor of NMO as a distinct disease.
Bruce A C, Cree, Douglas S, Goodin, Stephen L, Hauser   +2 more
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Severe optic neuritis in a patient with combined neuromyelitis optica spectrum disease and primary Sjögren’s syndrome: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012
Introduction Optic neuritis, although uncommon, can be the initial presentation of Sjögren’s syndrome. Coexisting Sjögren’s syndrome has also been reported with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.
Tan Petrina, Yu Wai, Umapathi Thirugnanam, Lim Su-Ann   +3 more
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Painful tonic spasms in a patient with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: A case report

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2023
Painful tonic spasms initially described in association with multiple sclerosis are actually more common in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.
Roshan Aryal, Sushan Homagian, Suraj Shrestha, Bikram Prasad Gajurel, Ragesh Karn, Reema Rajbhandari, Niraj Gautam, Ashish Shrestha, Sumit Shahi, Rajeev Ojha   +9 more
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Familial neuromyelitis optica [PDF]

Neurology, 2010
Detection of aquaporin-4-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) has expanded the spectrum of neuromyelitis optica (NMO). Rare reports of familial aggregation have suggested a component of genetic susceptibility but these reports mostly antedated the discovery of the NMO-IgG biomarker and recently updated diagnostic criteria.We report a case series describing ...
M, Matiello, H J, Kim, W, Kim, D G, Brum, A A, Barreira, D J, Kingsbury, G T, Plant, T, Adoni, B G, Weinshenker   +8 more
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Neuromyelitis Optica with NMO-IgG/ Anti-AQP4 Antibody Positive: First Case Reported from Uttarakhand India [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014
Neuromyelitis optica (also known as Devic’s disease) is an idiopathic, severe, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that preferentially affects the optic nerve and spinal cord.
Manish Mittal, Garima Mittal
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Case Report: Clinical and Imaging Characteristics of a Patient with Anti-flotillin Autoantibodies: Neuromyelitis Optica or Multiple Sclerosis?

Frontiers in Immunology, 2021
BackgroundDemyelination diseases are complex puzzles that are not always straightforward to diagnose. Multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica are two that are frequently encountered.
Ke Shang, Chang Cheng, Chuan Qin, Jun Xiao, Gang Deng, Bi-Tao Bu, Sha-Bei Xu, Dai-Shi Tian   +7 more
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Apheresis therapies for NMOSD attacks : a retrospective study of 207 therapeutic interventions [PDF]

, 2018
Objective: To analyze whether 1 of the 2 apheresis techniques, therapeutic plasma exchange (PE) or immunoadsorption (IA), is superior in treating neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) attacks and to identify predictive factors for complete ...
Havla, Joachim (PD Dr. med.), Mayer, Christoph, Krumbholz, Markus, Stangel, M., Schwab, M., Hellwig, K., Krumpholz, Markus, Mayer, C., Bergh, Florian Then, Steilmann, Jan-Patrick, Kümpfel, Tanja, Fischer, Katrin, Wildemann, B., Ruprecht, Klemens, Havla, J., Ringelstein, Marius, Schuster, Simon, Neuhaus, O., Tumani, Hayrettin, Pache, Florence (Dr. med.), Ringelstein, Marius (PD Dr. med.), Lauda, Florian, Ziemann, U., Kümpfel, Tania, Faiss, Jürgen, Ruprecht, K., Borisow, N., Pache, F., Pache, Florence, Trebst, C., Faiss, Jürgen Hartmut, Angstwurm, Klemens, Ziemann, Ulf, Berthele, A., Ziermann, Ulf, Gahlen, Anna Maria (Dr. med.), Hofstadt-van Oy, U., Berthele, Achim, Berthele, Achim (Prof. Dr. med.), Angstwurm, K., Kleiter, Ingo, Hellwig, Kerstin (Prof Dr. med.), Lauda, F., Jarius, S., Zettl, U.K., Faiss, J., Wernecke, Klaus-Dieter, Hartung, H.P., Ringelstein, M., Linker, Ralf A. (Prof. Dr. med.), Paul, Friedemann (Prof. Dr. med.), Zeltner, Lena, Aktaş, Orhan (Univ.-Prof. Dr. med.), Linker, Ralf, Kleiter, Ingo Wolfram (Prof. Dr. med.), Stellmann, Jan-Patrick, Then Bergh, F., Zeltner, L., Paul, Friedemann, Hofstadt-van Oy, Ulrich, Hartung, Hans-Peter, Ruprecht, Klemens (Prof. Dr. med.), Kleinschnitz, Christoph, Neuhaus, Oliver, Trebst, Corinna, Schuster, S., Kleinschnitz, C., Then Bergh, Florian, Geis, Christian, Geis, C., Hellwig, Kerstin, Hemmer, Bernhard, Borisow, Nadja, Paul, F., Wildemann, Brigitte, Gahlen, Anna, Tumani, H., Marziniak, M., Stangel, Martin, Hemmer, B., Borisow, Nadja (Dr. med.), Kleiter, I., Gahlen, A., Krumbholz, M., Fischer, K., Stellmann, J.P., Jarius, Sven, Wildemann, Brigitte (Prof. Dr. med.), Wernecke, K.D., Schwab, Matthias, Linker, R., Marziniak, Martin, Havla, Joachim, Zettl, Uwe K., Aktas, Orhan, Kümpfel, T., Trebst, Corinna (Prof. Dr. med.), Aktas, O., Wernecke, Klaus-Dieter (Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil.)   +98 more
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Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis: A case report

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder is an autoimmune disease which tends to have other coexisting autoimmune or connective tissue diseases. However, coexisting with ankylosing spondylitis is rare. Here, we report a 57‐year‐old man
Mehri Salari, Bahareh Zaker Harofteh, Masoud Etemadifar   +2 more
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Whole-Exome Sequencing Reveals a Missense Variant c.1612C>T (p.Arg538Cys) in the BTD Gene Leading to Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder in Saudi Families

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Biotinidase deficiency is an autosomal recessive, multiple carboxylase deficiency usually associated with seizures, eczema, hypotonia, visual disturbances, hearing loss, and developmental delays. Only a handful of cases of biotinidase deficiency that had
Muhammad Imran Naseer, Muhammad Imran Naseer, Peter Natesan Pushparaj, Peter Natesan Pushparaj, Peter Natesan Pushparaj, Angham Abdulrahman Abdulkareem, Angham Abdulrahman Abdulkareem, Osama Y. Muthaffar   +7 more
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Treatment of Corticosteroid Non-responsive Relapse of Neuromyelitis Optica with Intravenous Gamma Globulin – a Case Report [PDF]

Folia Medica, 2020
We report a case of a patient with a relapse of neuromyelitis optica. The relapse was initially treated with intravenous corticosteroids. A therapy with intravenous gamma globulin was started as there was no symptomatic improvement. The patient responded
Maria Dimitrova, Dobromir Iliev
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