Neuromyelitis optica

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-166

  Morrow, Mark J ^a   Wingerchuk, Dean ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FINGOLIMOD; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOXANTRONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NATALIZUMAB; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LAOS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEROID THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; OPTIC NERVE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84861820973     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: 15365166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31825662f1     Document Type: Review

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