Differences in advanced magnetic resonance imaging in MOG-IgG and AQP4-IgG seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: a comparative study
Item Type: | Article |
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Title: | Differences in advanced magnetic resonance imaging in MOG-IgG and AQP4-IgG seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: a comparative study |
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Creators Name: | Schmidt, F.A. and Chien, C. and Kuchling, J. and Bellmann-Strobl, J. and Ruprecht, K. and Siebert, N. and Asseyer, S. and Jarius, S. and Brandt, A.U. and Scheel, M. and Paul, F. |
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Abstract: | AIMS: To explore differences in advanced brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics between myelin oligodendrocyte (MOG) immunoglobulin (IgG) and aquaporin-4 (AQP4) IgG seropositive (+) neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD). METHODS: 33 AQP4-IgG and 18 MOG-IgG seropositive NMOSD patients and 61 healthy control (HC) subjects were included. All 112 participants were scanned with the same standardized MRI-protocol on a 3-Tesla MRI-scanner. Brain volume and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters were assessed. Results: MOG-IgG+ patients showed reduced parallel diffusivity within white matter tracts compared to HC whereas AQP4-IgG+ showed no significant brain parenchymal damage in DTI analysis. AQP4-IgG+ patients showed reduced whole brain volumes and reduced volumes of several deep gray matter structures compared to HC whereas MOG-IgG+ patients did not show reduced brain or deep gray matter volumes compared to HC. CONCLUSIONS: Microstructural brain parenchymal damage in MOG-IgG+ patients was more pronounced than in AQP4-IgG+ patients, compared with HC, whereas normalized brain volume reduction was more severe in AQP4-IgG+ patients. Longitudinal imaging studies are warranted to further investigate this trend in NMOSD. Our results suggest that MOG-IgG+ and AQP4-IgG+ NMOSD patients differ in cerebral MRI characteristics. Advanced MRI analysis did not help to differentiate between MOG-IgG+ and AQP4-IgG+ patients in our study. |
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Keywords: | NMOSD, AQP4, MOG, MRI, DTI, Advanced Imaging |
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Source: | Frontiers in Neurology |
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ISSN: | 1664-2295 |
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Publisher: | Frontiers Media SA |
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Volume: | 11 |
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Page Range: | 499910 |
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Date: | 30 September 2020 |
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Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.499910 |
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PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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