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Date publication
février 2019
Journal
Current opinion in neurology
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Résumé
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a severe inflammatory disease of the central nervous system, particularly characterized by disabling episodes of optic neuritis and longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis. The pathogenic characteristic is the presence of antiaquaporin 4 antibodies (AQP4-Abs) in the cerebrospinal fluid and serum of most of the affected patients. However, a proportion of the patients (around 20-30%) that have a typical phenotype of NMO are seronegative for AQP4-Abs.
Référence
Curr. Opin. Neurol.. 2019 Feb;32(1):111-114