Neuromyelitis optica: An update

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 303, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 13-21

  Matà, Sabrina ^a,b   Lolli, Francesco ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Careggi   (Italy)

^b Neuroimmunology Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; ADEM; AQP; aquaporin; BBB; blood brain barrier; magnetic resonance images; MRI; MS; multiple sclerosis; neuromyelitis optica; NMO

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; GLATIRAMER; HLA DPB1 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOXANTRONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OCRELIZUMAB; OFATUMUMAB; RITUXIMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICOSPINAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 79952778310     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.01.002     Document Type: Review

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