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Neuromyelitis Optica: An Antibody-Mediated Disorder of the Central Nervous System Jiwon Oh and Michael Levy Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Pathology 509, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA Received 7 July 2011; Revised 4 October 2011; Accepted 13 October 2011 Academic Editor: Philippe Cabre Copyright ? 2012 Jiwon Oh and Michael Levy
In neuromyelitis optica (NMO), the monoclonal B-cell antibody rituximab is a therapeutic option. Little is known about the course of NMO and the safety of rituximab during pregnancy.
Purpose: Paroxysmal tonic spasms (PTS) are brief, stereotypic, repetitive events of painful dystonic posturing that occur in association with multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD). They are a hallmark of central nervous system demyelination and are putatively due to ion channel dysfunction on or adjacent to demyelinated axons