Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a disabling autoimmune astrocytopathy characterized by
typically severe and recurrent attacks of optic neuritis and longitudinally extensive myelitis …

OBJECTIVE. Tumefactive demyelination mimics primary brain neoplasms on imaging, often
necessitating brain biopsy. This article reviews the literature for the clinical and radiologic …

Objective We aimed to evaluate racial differences in the clinical features of neuromyelitis
optica spectrum disorder. Methods This retrospective review included 603 patients (304 …

Objective To describe first experiences with the integrin inhibitor natalizumab, given to
patients with suspected relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) who were later …

Background: Although neuromyelitis optica has been traditionally regarded as a disease
without brain involvement, brain abnormalities are not uncommon in patients with …

Background Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSDs) are severe inflammatory
demyelinating disorders of the central nervous system. Brain involvement is increasingly …

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an idiopathic inflammatory syndrome of the central nervous
system that is characterized by severe attacks of optic neuritis (ON) and myelitis. Until …

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a rare inflammatory, demyelinating
disorder of the CNS. Only in the past 15 years have larger groups of patients from several …

Pathogenic autoantibodies associated with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) induce disease by
targeting aquaporin-4 (AQP4) water channels enriched on astrocytic endfeet at blood–brain …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS)
while neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory disease of the CNS that selectively …