Frequency and prognostic impact of antibodies to aquaporin-4 in patients with optic neuritis

Tools

Item Type:	Article
Title:	Frequency and prognostic impact of antibodies to aquaporin-4 in patients with optic neuritis
Creators Name:	Jarius, S., Frederikson, J., Waters, P., Paul, F., Akman-Demir, G., Marignier, R., Franciotta, D., Ruprecht, K., Kuenz, B., Rommer, P., Kristoferitsch, W., Wildemann, B. and Vincent, A.
Abstract:	Antibodies to aquaporin-4 (AQP4-Ab) are found in 60-80% of patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO), a severely disabling inflammatory CNS disorder of putative autoimmune aetiology, which predominantly affects the optic nerves and spinal cord.
Keywords:	Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO), Devic Disease, Devic's Disease, Optic Neuritis, Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis, NMO-IgG, Antibodies to Aquaporin-4, Multiple Sclerosis
Source:	Journal of the Neurological Sciences
ISSN:	0022-510X
Publisher:	Elsevier
Volume:	298
Number:	1-2
Page Range:	158-162
Date:	15 November 2010
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2010.07.011
PubMed:	View item in PubMed

Repository Staff Only: item control page