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 …

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

Background: The authors previously proposed diagnostic criteria for neuromyelitis optica
(NMO) that facilitate its distinction from prototypic multiple sclerosis (MS). However, some …

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

Background: There have been few epidemiologic studies on neuromyelitis optica (NMO)
and none used the recent 2006 diagnostic criteria. Here we describe the clinical, laboratory …

Objective To assess the contribution of plasma exchange (PE) in association (add-on) with
pulsed intravenous corticosteroids in acute optic neuritis of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and …

Introduction Two population-based studies of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) in non-white
populations provided prevalence rates of 0.32 and 3.1 per 100,000 population. Objective To …

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an uncommon monophasic idiopathic
inflammatory demyelinating disease. Available diagnostic criteria do not reliably distinguish …

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a severe, debilitating human disease that predominantly
features immunopathology in the optic nerves and the spinal cord. An IgG1 autoantibody …

Background: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an uncommon CNS demyelinating syndrome
often mistaken for severe multiple sclerosis (MS). Several clinical, laboratory, and …