Cerebrospinal fluid B-cell expansion in longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis associated with neuromyelitis optica immunoglobulin G. Dale RC, Tantsis E, Merheb V, Brilot F. Source Neuroimmunology Group, Institute of Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
OBJECTIVE: To assess the features of pain and its impact on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in neuromyelitis optica (NMO). METHODS: We analyzed 37 patients with NMO or NMO spectrum disorders seen at the Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan, during the period from November 2008 to February 2009