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Pathologic and Immunologic Profiles of a Limited Form of Neuromyelitis Optica with Myelitis
Neurol 73:1628-1637, Yanagawa,K.,et al, 2009
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Article Abstract
This consistency of pathologic findings and uniformity of courses indicates that aquaporin 4-specific autoantibodies as the initiator of the neuromyelitis optica (NMO) lesion consistently play an important common role in the pathogenicity through the entire course, consisting of both limited and definite forms, and NMO continuously displays homogeneity of pathogenic effector immune mechanisms through terminal stages, whereas multiple sclerosis should be recognized as the heterogeneous 2-stage disease that could switch from inflammatory to degenerative phase. This report is a significant description comparing the pathologic and immunologic data of limited NMO with those definite NMO.
 
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