Women have a higher incidence and prevalence of autoimmune diseases than men, and
85% or more patients of multiple autoimmune diseases are female. Women undergo …

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO, Devic's syndrome), long considered a clinical variant of multiple
sclerosis, is now regarded as a distinct disease entity. Major progress has been made in the …

Background The diagnostic and pathophysiological relevance of antibodies to aquaporin-4
(AQP4-Ab) in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) has been …

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 …

Neuromyelitis optica and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders have been recently
associated with the disease-specific autoantibody aquaporin-4, thought to be pathogenic …

Background and purpose: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) or Devic′ s disease is a rare
inflammatory and demyelinating autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system (CNS) …

Antibodies to aquaporin-4 (also known as AQP4-Ab or NMO-IgG) are sensitive and highly
specific serum markers of autoimmune neuromyelitis optica (NMO). Second-generation …

Abstract Background Neuromyelitis optica (NMO, Devic disease) is a severely disabling
autoimmune disorder of the CNS, which was considered a subtype of multiple sclerosis (MS) …

Background Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a severe demyelinating disease defined
principally by its tendency to selectively affect optic nerves and the spinal cord causing …

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a severe inflammatory CNS disorder of putative autoimmune
aetiology, which predominantly affects the spinal cord and optic nerves. Recently, a highly …