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Late-Onset Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Mimicking a Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy–Case Report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
A 60-year-old white woman presented to the emergency department with painless decrease of visual acuity in the left eye (LE). The diagnosis of a non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in the LE was established based on the clinical picture and ...
Lech Sedlak   +2 more
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Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Complicated by Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome as an Initial Manifestation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
A 25-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital due to tonic convulsion with severe headache after having experienced symptoms of nausea and vomiting for a month.
Tateishi, Yohei   +12 more
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Fahr’s syndrome as a manifestation of autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome-1 and its unusual association with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2023
Fahr’s syndrome, also known as bilateral striopallidodendate calcinosis, is a rare inherited neurodegenerative illness characterized by abnormal calcium deposition in several areas of the brain, resulting in a wide range of neuropsychological symptoms ...
Ahmad Nawaz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contrasting disease patterns in seropositive and seronegative neuromyelitis optica: A multicentre study of 175 patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
BACKGROUND: The diagnostic and pathophysiological relevance of antibodies to aquaporin-4 (AQP4-Ab) in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) has been intensively studied. However, little is known so far about the clinical impact of
Jarius Sven   +269 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

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Course of neuromyelitis optica during inadvertent pregnancy in a patient treated with rituximab [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In neuromyelitis optica (NMO), the monoclonal B-cell antibody rituximab is a therapeutic option. Little is known about the course of NMO and the safety of rituximab during pregnancy.
Hohlfeld, R.   +4 more
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Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder with increased aquaporin-4 microparticles prior to autoantibodies in cerebrospinal fluid: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2019
Background Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders are severe autoimmune inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system associated with the presence of immunoglobulin G antibodies against the water channel protein aquaporin-4.
Susanne Bejerot   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical spectrum of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease in Brazil: a single-center experience

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2023
Background Anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (anti-MOG) antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is an immune-mediated neurological disorder with a broad spectrum of clinical presentation that is often difficult to distinguish from other ...
Katharina Messias   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Magnetic resonance imaging in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

open access: yes, 2021
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) associated with antibodies to aquaporin‐4 (AQP4), which has distinct clinical, radiological and pathological features, but also has some overlap
Arnett, Simon   +5 more
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Differentiation between multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Multiple sclerosis (MS) can sometimes be misdiagnosed with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). NMOSD is a chronic disorder of the brain and spinal cord dominated by inflammation of the optic nerve (optic neuritis) and inflammation of the ...
Anamaria Dukić   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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