Neuromyelitis spectrum disorders

BG Weinshenker, DM Wingerchuk - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2017 - Elsevier
The understanding of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) has evolved
substantially since its initial description over a century ago. The discovery in 2004 of a …

Clinical spectrum and treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: evolution and current status

DK Sato, MA Lana‐Peixoto, K Fujihara… - Brain …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory neurologic disease clinically characterized
by severe optic neuritis (ON) and transverse myelitis (TM). The relationship between NMO …

Neither self-reported ethnicity nor declared family origin are reliable indicators of genomic ancestry

BRA Ramos, MPB D'Elia, MAT Amador, NPC Santos… - Genetica, 2016 - Springer
Ancestry information can be useful in investigations of diseases with a genetic or infectious
background. As the Brazilian population is highly admixed physical traits tend to be poor …

African ancestry is associated with facial melasma in women: a cross-sectional study

MPB D'Elia, MC Brandão, BR de Andrade Ramos… - BMC medical …, 2017 - Springer
Background Melasma is a chronic acquired focal hypermelanosis affecting photoexposed
areas, especially for women during fertile age. Several factors contribute to its development …

Central nervous system idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating disorders in South Americans: a descriptive, multicenter, cross-sectional study

RM Papais-Alvarenga, CCF Vasconcelos, A Carra… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating disease (IIDD) spectrum has been investigated
among different populations, and the results have indicated a low relative frequency of …

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO IgG+) and genetic susceptibility, potential ethnic influences

VR Alonso, J de Jesus Flores Rivera… - … System Agents in …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Introduction: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have been reported in
different populations. NMO is more frequent in non-Caucasians, and clinical phenotype …

What do animal models tell us about the role of EBV in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis?

A Hassani, G Khan - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system (CNS), marked
primarily by demyelination, inflammation, and neurodegeneration. While the prevalence and …

Prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Latin America and its relationship with European migration

E Correa, V Paredes… - Multiple Sclerosis Journal …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, degenerative autoimmune inflammatory disease of the
central nervous system. The prevalence is different in every continent, changing according …

Incidence and clinical outcome of Coronavirus disease 2019 in a cohort of 11,560 Brazilian patients with multiple sclerosis

… Study Group Focused on COVID-19 … - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Little information is available regarding the incidence and clinical outcome of
the SARS-CoV2 infection in patients with multiple sclerosis (pwMS). Objective: To determine …

A systematic literature review on the European, African and Amerindian genetic ancestry components on Brazilian health outcomes

FSCF Pereira, RM Guimarães, AR Lucidi, DG Brum… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
The variables such as race, skin colour and ethnicity have become intensely discussed in
medicine research, as a response to the rising debate over the importance of the ethnic …