Sections: The Urinary System After Spinal Cord Injury Bladder Management See also: Urinary Tract Infections ? The Urinary System The Urinary System is made up of five major parts: The Kidneys The two kidneys filter waste and excess water from the blood and produce urine. Urine is being produced every minute of the day. The Ureters Each kidney has a thin, hollow tube that connects to the bladder.
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease with generally poor prognosis that selectively targets optic nerves and spinal cord. Although diagnostic criteria for NMO are available, there is still a need for biomarkers, predicting disease development and progression to improve individually tailored treatment. CSF proteins were separated by two-dimensional electrophoresis and identified by matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)