By GREG ALLMAIN Federal Way Mirror reporter April 4, 2012 · 10:46 AM With National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Month having just ended in March, and the MS Walk coming up in Tacoma on April 14-15, there’s one Federal Way woman who is well acquainted with the disease. Deanna Kirkpatrick, 44, was diagnosed with the debilitating condition six years ago
Painful Tonic Spasm in Neuromyelitis Optica Incidence, Diagnostic Utility, and Clinical Characteristics Sung-Min Kim, MD; Min Jin Go, MS; Jung-Joon Sung, MD, PhD; Kyung Seok Park, MD, PhD; Kwang-Woo Lee, MD, PhD Arch Neurol.
Multiple sclerosis: clinical aspects Sunday, May 29, 2011, 12:00 – 13:00 Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: the importance of NMO-IgG in clinical practice M. Radaelli, V
Neuromyelitis optica has not been thoroughly studied in Brazilian patients following the discovery of NMOIgG and its specific antigen aquaporin-4.
BACKGROUND: Cases of anti-aquaporin (AQP)-4 antibody-positive familial neuromyelitis optica (NMO) in mothers and daughters are described. PARTICIPANTS: The demographic, clinical, neuroimaging, and anti-AQP-4 antibody status were investigated in four patients from two Asian families with anti-AQP-4 antibody-positive NMO
Backgrounds: The distinction between neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and multiple sclerosis (MS) has long been a debate in Asia. The most specific finding for NMO is a longitudinally extensive, central cord lesion on MRI in the setting of myelitis (LETM), which is very rare in MS. The MRI criterion for LETM (contiguous spinal cord lesion 3 or more segments in length) is crucial.
Background: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a rare inflammatory disease. Average age at onset is 35 years
Background: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a rare inflammatory disease. Average age at onset is 35 years. Few data exist on patients with pediatric-onset NMO (p-NMO), with disease onset before age 18 years.