Autoimmune aquaporin-4 myopathy in neuromyelitis optica spectrum

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1025-1029

  Guo, Yong ^a   Lennon, Vanda A ^a   Gh Popescu, Bogdan F ^a,b   Grouse, Carrie Katherine ^c   Topel, Jordan ^c   Milone, Margherita ^a   Lassmann, Hans ^d   Parisi, Joseph E ^a   Pittock, Sean J ^a   Stefoski, Dusan ^c   Balabanov, Roumen ^c   Lucchinetti, Claudia F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB;

ABNORMAL SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOIMMUNE AQUAPORIN 4 MYOPATHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE NECROTIZING MYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CELL ASSAY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; EYE PAIN; HAND PAIN; HEMIPARESIS; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPER CREATININE KINASE EMIA; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYALGIA; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; MYOPATHY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

AQUAPORIN 4; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA;

EID: 84905967589     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.775     Document Type: Article

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