BACKGROUND: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO), a severe demyelinating disease, represents itself with optic neuritis and longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis. Serum NMO-IgG autoantibodies (Abs), a specific finding in NMO patients, target the water channel protein aquaporin-4 (AQP4), which is expressed as a long (M-1) or a short (M-23) isoform.
Background: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system predominantly affecting the optic nerves and spinal cord with severe relapses resulting devastating disability.
Background: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an autoimmune inflammatory demyelinating disorder characterized by recurrent attacks of optic neuritis and longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis(LETM). Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) such as voiding dysfuntion are disturbing in LETM patients and has not been studied in this specific population