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Treatment of neuromyelitis optica: Review and recommendations

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Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease preferentially targeting the optic nerves and spinal cord. Once regarded as a variant of multiple sclerosis (MS), NMO is now recognized to be a different disease with unique pathology and immunopathogenesis that does not respond to traditional MS immunomodulators such as interferons. Preventive therapy in NMO has focused on a range of immunosuppressive medications, none of which have been validated in a rigorous randomized tria...

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10.1016/j.msard.2012.06.002

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Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders More from this journal
Volume:
1
Issue:
4
Pages:
180-187
Publication date:
2012-10-01
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2211-0348
Language:
English
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2012-12-19

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