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... with autoimmune thyroid dis- eases, including chronic thyroiditis, Graves’ disease (GD) or benign thyroid tumours ...organ-specific autoimmune diseases patients were auto- immune thyroid ... See full document

... NMOSD are humoral immune-mediated autoimmune diseases. B-lymphocytes secrete specific antibodies that bind to complement, then deposit and destroy AQP4, which is expressed on the surface of astrocytes. ... See full document

... broader spectrum of symptoms, compared to those previ- ously described in conventional ...other autoimmune diseases is important to facilitate specific antibody testing when diagnosing cases with an ... See full document

... The 2006 criteria have been the standard for clin- ical and research purposes. Nevertheless, the identifi- cation of AQP4 antibody in patients with clinical features beyond the 2006 criteria indicated that the phenotypic ... See full document

... Background: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) are demyelinating autoimmune diseases in the central nervous system (CNS) that are characterized by a high relapse ... See full document

... Results: When comparing the annualized relapse rate (ARR) of MMF treatment with that of pre-MMF treatment period, MMF was found to significantly reduce ARR in 75 (87%) patients ( p < 0.0001). The median pre-treatment ... See full document

... Longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) repre- sents a heterogeneous syndrome caused by an inflammatory process of the grey and white matter of the spinal cord, resulting in neurologic deficits such as ... See full document

... Our previous study had focus on the brainstem lesions on NMO [20]. Brainstem lesions on MRI were reported in 23.0% to 78.3% of patients with NMO [20-22]. Lesions in the brainstem were relatively characteristic of NMO, ... See full document

... Neuromyelitis optica (Devics disease) and spectrum disorders are demyelinating inflammatory disorders involving the optic nerves and the long segments of the spinal cord (≥3) contiguous ... See full document

... The study population consisted of patients with NMO, LETM from our prospectively maintained database during the period of January 2003–December 2012 who satisfied the NMSS criteria. Patients with recurrent ON or ... See full document

... demyelinating diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), optic neuritis (ON), and transverse myelitis (TM) ...negative neuromyelitis optica ... See full document

... NMOSD and MS did not seem to significantly influence differen- tiation of these diseases. Third, we could not analyze interobserver agreements regarding the lesion number, size, or location because the number of ... See full document

... Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a rare but devastating autoimmune and demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS), usually characterized by optic neuritis (ON) and/or longitudinally ... See full document

... The diagnoses of NMO and MS were according to the revised 2006 Wingerchuk criteria [2] and Poser criteria [38], respectively. The NMO patients who also had brain lesions were diagnosed as NMOSD [8]. All NMOSD pa- tients ... See full document

... the researchers’ best knowledge, the relationship between cigarette smoking and antibodies has not been investigated yet. However, reviewing similar studies focusing on a wide array of autoimmune diseases ... See full document

... Our previous study had shown the serum levels of C4 and CH50 were significantly higher in NMO patients than those in MS patients [34]. However, few studies focused on the changes of complement in NMO with EBLs. In the ... See full document

... NMO and NMOSD are rare diseases with no consen- sus on treatment guidelines. The treatment options are empiric and based on disease severity ranging from plasmapheresis, corticosteroids, CTX and rituximab to oral ... See full document

... In patients with severe onset of NMO/NMOSD we have tended to use therapeutic agents which have already had reported success in reducing relapses (rather than methotrexate which has been minimally used in this disorder). ... See full document

... suggests autoimmune diseases more likely represent coexistent NMOSD rather than neuro- logical complications of ...wide spectrum of neurological manifestations in pSS have been reported, the ... See full document

... MRI was performed using either a 1.5 T or a 3 T magnet from one of two manufacturers: GE (GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI, USA) or Siemens (Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany). Routine spinal MRI included T1-weighted ... See full document