Item Type: | Article |
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Title: | Frequency and prognostic impact of antibodies to aquaporin-4 in patients with optic neuritis |
Creators Name: | Jarius, S. and Frederikson, J. and Waters, P. and Paul, F. and Akman-Demir, G. and Marignier, R. and Franciotta, D. and Ruprecht, K. and Kuenz, B. and Rommer, P. and Kristoferitsch, W. and 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 |
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