| Literature DB >> 25385336 |
Kazuo Fujihara1, Jacqueline Palace2.
Abstract
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) can mimic multiple sclerosis (MS). Avoiding misdiagnosis is crucial, because some disease-modifying drugs for MS can aggravate NMOSD, causing blindness and paraplegia. A recent study reports that misdiagnosis of NMOSD as MS occasionally occurs, and that a two-step antibody assay could improve differential diagnosis.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25385336 DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2014.216
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Neurol ISSN: 1759-4758 Impact factor: 42.937