Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis: A case report [PDF]
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
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Updated diagnostic criteria for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: Similar outcomes of previously separate cohorts [PDF]
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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Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder – case report [PDF]
Studia Medyczne, 2016 The study presents the case of a 45-year-old woman with a rare case of Devic’s disease (neuromyelitis optica – NMO) admitted to the Department of Rehabilitation in Kielce.
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Higher frequency of brain abnormalities in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder patients without primary Sjögren′s syndrome [PDF]
Neural Regeneration Research, 2016 Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder often co-exists with primary Sjögren′s syndrome. We compared the clinical features of 16 neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder patients with (n = 6) or without primary Sjögren′s syndrome (n = 10).
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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.
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Frequency of cognitive impairment in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in Mexico [PDF]
Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and ClinicalBackground 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 ...
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Central Sleep Apnea Syndrome Can Complicate Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: A Case Report [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020 Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder is a rare, relapsing autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. Various initial presentations can delay diagnosis and treatment.
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Immunoadsorption in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder [PDF]
Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders, 2016 Introduction: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a neuroinflammatory disorder of the central nervous system, distinct from multiple sclerosis by affecting predominantly the optic nerve and the spinal cord, and mediated by antibodies ...
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Update on neuromyelitis optica: natural history and management [PDF]
Eye and Brain, 2012 Panitha Jindahra1,2, Gordon T Plant1,21The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK; 2St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London, UKAbstract: Neuromyelitis optica or Devic disease is an inflammatory ...
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Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: a pediatric case report [PDF]
Medicine Science, 2017 Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder(NMOSD) is an autoimmune demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system that predominantly affects the optic nerves and the spinal cord.
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