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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Neuromyelitis optica"”.
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An audit of the epidemiological, clinical features and outcomes of patients with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) attending a South African Tertiary referral Hospital
NMOSD is a severe CNS inflammatory disorder classically characterised by recurrent bouts of optic neuritis and myelitis. The pathogenic anti-aquaporin-4 antibody is present in most cases and distinguishes it from other forms of inflammatory CNS demyelination. This biomarker has led to recognising a …
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Atopic Myelitis : An Emerging Cause of Myelitis in Korea
… clinical data, laboratory results including neuromyelitis optica (NMO)-IgG, autoantibodies, and radiologic findings between AM and non-AM patients. RESULTS: Allergic or atopic history was found in only 4 patients (13%), but hyperIgEemia and mite antigen-specific IgE were observed in 17 (58%) …
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Drug design strategies for modulating immune activity for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancer
… anti-AQP4 autoantibodies found in patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO). This platform may be used to help develop targeted therapeutics that selectively suppress disease-related immune cells for the treatment of autoimmune diseases such as NMO. Due to their more-limited effects on the immune …
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Chronic Pain after Non-traumatic, Non-compressive Myelopathy: Characteristics and Predictors for Neuropathic pain
… age under 40, non-idiopathic etiologysuch as neuromyelitis optica, multiple sclerosis were independent predictors of the occurrence of neuropathic pain. Both SF-MPQ and LANSS scores were significantly correlated with SF-36 scores, adjusted by age, sex, presence of diabetes mellitus, and …
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Diagnostics for Neuro-Ophthalmologic Lesions: The Eyes Are the Door to Your Brain - An Interactive Web-Delivered Training Guide
The file named "howdyrichard.pdf" is the primary dissertation file. The file named "HowdyR_Guide.zip" is a zipped file folder with 735 files (in 124 folders) that are necessary to run the developed website. The file named "index.htm" is provided as an example of how the page would be structured, …
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Systematische Charakterisierung und Untersuchung der Inzidenz von Myelitis-assoziierten Autoantikörpern bei akuten Myelitiden
Diese Arbeit beschreibt die Myelitis als Krankheitsbild in demographischen, klinischen, bildmorphologischen und laborchemischen Parametern und zeigt eine Zuordnung zu verschiedenen Ätiologien auf. Die soll als systematische Übersichtsarbeit dienen. Zudem Untersuchung der Prävalenz von …
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Prevalencia del déficit de vitamina D y su relación con la expresión clínica de la Esclerosis Múltiple y Neuromielitis óptica en Bogotá
Introducción: La hipovitaminosis D es un reciente factor de riesgo en Esclerosis Múltiple, Neuromielitis óptica y espectro de Neuromielitis óptica, dado que se ha relacionado con desarrollo y progresión de estas enfermedades. El objetivo es determinar la prevalencia del déficit de vitamina D en …
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Caracterización clínica de pacientes con trastornos del espectro de neuromielitis óptica en la ciudad de Bogotá - Colombia
Introducción: La neuromielitis óptica es una enfermedad inflamatoria del sistema nervioso central caracterizada por ataques de neuritis óptica y mielitis transversa longitudinalmente extensa. El descubrimiento del biomarcador diagnóstico anticuerpo anti-acuaporina-4 y los hallazgos imagenológicos …