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Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder with AQP4‐IgG presenting as area postrema syndrome and progressing to myelitis: A rare case report

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders can less commonly present with area postrema syndrome progressing to myelitis. Management involves intravenous glucocorticoids, plasma exchange, and preventive immunotherapy.
Preethi Jagannath   +6 more
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Association of GTF2IRD1–GTF2I polymorphisms with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders in Han Chinese patients

open access: yesNeural Regeneration Research, 2019
Variants at the GTF2I repeat domain containing 1 (GTF2IRD1)–GTF2I locus are associated with primary Sjögren’s syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Jing-Lu Xie   +9 more
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Factors Influencing Social Participation Among Persons With Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study

open access: yesFrontiers 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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Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders and pregnancy

open access: yesChinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2022
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum diseases (NMOSDs) is an autoimmune disease of central nervous system, which occurs frequently in women of childbearing age. NMOSDs may affect pregnancy planning and fertility, and the effect on pregnancy outcome is not clear.
LIU Qiang, ZHANG Qing, QUAN Chao
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Clinical features, gender differences, disease course, and outcome in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

open access: yesAnnals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2021
Introduction: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an astrocytopathy with a predilection for the optic nerve, spinal cord, and brainstem. In this ambispective study, we evaluate clinical characteristics, responses to therapy, and disability ...
Nishita Singh   +9 more
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Concomitant abducens and facial nerve palsies: A rare presentation in anti-aquaporin-4 antibody-positive neuromyelitis optica

open access: yesTaiwan 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
doaj   +1 more source

Neuromyelitis Optica with NMO-IgG/ Anti-AQP4 Antibody Positive: First Case Reported from Uttarakhand India [PDF]

open access: yesJournal 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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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
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Case Report: Clinical and Imaging Characteristics of a Patient with Anti-flotillin Autoantibodies: Neuromyelitis Optica or Multiple Sclerosis?

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

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) – diagnosis, epidemiology, clinical course, treatment

open access: yesAktualności 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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