| Literature DB >> 32952431 |
Gonca Koç1, Nurettin Bayram2, Ahmet Sami Güven3, Doğan Bahadır İnan4, Ali Kaya4.
Abstract
Neuromyelitis Optica spectrum disorder (NMO-SD) is a rare demyelinating disease detected in pediatric patients affecting the primary optic nerve and spinal cord. Clinical findings might overlap with other demyelinating diseases and compare to particularly multiple sclerosis the treatment regimens significantly differ. Therefore, to establish an immediate and definite diagnosis of NMO-SD is crucial. In the majority of patients, the aquaporin-4 antibody is detected in the serum as one of the supporting diagnostic criteria. The antibody against myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) is recently reported to be associated with serum aquaporin-4 antibody seronegative NMO-SD. Although not included in the diagnostic criteria, we believe that anti-MOG antibody may facilitate the diagnosis of NMO-SD. We herein report a pediatric case of NMO-SD with the anti-MOG antibody seropositivity. Copyright:Entities:
Keywords: Devic syndrome; Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder; anti myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody; aquaporin-4 antibody
Year: 2019 PMID: 32952431 PMCID: PMC7481970 DOI: 10.29399/npa.22766
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Noro Psikiyatr Ars ISSN: 1300-0667 Impact factor: 1.339