Anti-aquaporin-4 antibody-positive optic neuritis

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 562-566

  Takagi, Mineo ^a   Tanaka, Keiko ^b   Suzuki, Tone ^c   Miki, Atsushi ^a   Nishizawa, Masatoyo ^b   Abe, Haruki ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti aquaporin 4 antibody; Autoimmune optic neuropathy; Neuromyelitis optica; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; JAPANESE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70350511904     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01259.x     Document Type: Article

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