Clinical Relevance of Serum Aquaporin-4 Antibody Levels in Neuromyelitis Optica

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory disease that selectively affects the optic nerves and spinal cord. The discovery of NMO-IgG targeting aquaporin-4 (AQP4) in NMO patients suggested that NMO is a distinct entity, with a fundamentally different etiology from that of multiple sclerosis (MS)...

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Published in:	Neurochemical research Vol. 38; no. 5; pp. 997 - 1001
Main Authors:	Isobe, Noriko, Yonekawa, Tomomi, Matsushita, Takuya, Masaki, Katsuhisa, Yoshimura, Satoshi, Fichna, Jakub, Chen, Shu, Furmaniak, Jadwiga, Smith, Bernard Rees, Kira, Jun-ichi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston Springer US 01.05.2013 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Aquaporin 4 - immunology Autoantibodies - blood Biochemistry Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Cell Biology Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Humans Neurochemistry Neurology Neuromyelitis Optica - blood Neurosciences Original Paper Relapse Neuromyelitis optica Aquaporin-4 antibody Optic neuritis Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
ISSN:	0364-3190, 1573-6903, 1573-6903
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