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Relapse of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Associated with Intravenous Lidocaine [PDF]

Case Reports in Medicine, 2011
Lidocaine unmasks silent symptoms and eases neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis patients; however, the effects of lidocaine in neuromyelitis optica have never been reported.
Akiyuki Uzawa, Masahiro Mori, Saeko Masuda, Kazuhiko Aoe, Satoshi Kuwabara   +4 more
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Co-occurrence of aquaporin-4 antibody-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report [PDF]

Journal of International Medical Research
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder is a rare, relapsing autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system, primarily the optic nerves and spinal cord.
Cheng Li, Weijing Liao, Di Long
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Frequency of cognitive impairment in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in Mexico [PDF]

Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical
Background Between 29% and 67% of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder patients have cognitive alterations. Objective To assess the frequency of cognitive impairment in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in Mexico using the Brief ...
Edgar R Valdivia-Tangarife, Fernando Cortés-Enríquez, Alejandra Morlett-Paredes, Teresita Villaseñor-Cabrera, Jorge I Gámez-Nava, Mario A Mireles-Ramírez, Laura González-López, Miguel Á Macías-Islas   +7 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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Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Associated with Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia in a Young Patient

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2022
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is associated with other autoimmune disorders and probably with cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) as well.
Irfan Shafiq, Ali Saeed Wahla, Mateen Haider Uzbeck, Naureen Khan, Zaid Zoumot   +4 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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Biomarkers for neuromyelitis optica: a visual analysis of emerging research trends

Neural Regeneration Research
Neuromyelitis optica is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that differs from multiple sclerosis. Over the past 20 years, the search for biomarkers for neuromyelitis optica has been ongoing.
Xiangjun Li, Jiandong Zhang, Siqi Zhang, Shengling Shi, Yi’an Lu, Ying Leng, Chunyan Li   +6 more
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Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) – diagnosis, epidemiology, clinical course, treatment

Aktualności Neurologiczne, 2019
Devic’s disease (neuromyelitis optica, NMO) was first described under this name in 1894, and it was originally thought of as a variant of multiple sclerosis.
Agnieszka Damiza-Detmer, Marta Milewska-Jędrzejczak, Małgorzata Pawełczyk, Izabela Damiza, Andrzej Głąbiński   +4 more
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Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo, 2021
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an autoimmune disorder primarily associated with optic neuritis, myelitis or area postrema syndrome. Several lines of evidence suggest that NMOSD is a humoral immune disease mainly caused by aquaporin-4 antibody and related complement-dependent cytotoxicity against astrocytes.
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Frequency of non optico-spinal manifestation in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder at tertiary care hospital in Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Objective: To determine the frequency of non-optico-spinal manifestations in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder patients in a tertiary care setting.
Rashna, Sumera Rafat Umer, Wajid Jawaid, Qamar un Nisa, Tahreem Sajjad, Minna Ahmed   +5 more
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