A case of NMO seropositive for aquaporin-4 antibody more than 10 years before onset

Neurology. 2009 Jun 2;72(22):1960-1. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181a82621.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age of Onset
  • Aquaporin 4 / immunology*
  • Astrocytes / immunology
  • Astrocytes / pathology
  • Autoantibodies / analysis
  • Autoantibodies / blood*
  • Biomarkers / analysis
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Blood-Brain Barrier / immunology
  • Blood-Brain Barrier / physiopathology
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Neuromyelitis Optica / blood*
  • Neuromyelitis Optica / diagnosis
  • Neuromyelitis Optica / immunology*
  • Paraparesis / immunology
  • Paraparesis / pathology
  • Paraparesis / physiopathology
  • Plasmapheresis
  • Spinal Cord / immunology*
  • Spinal Cord / pathology*
  • Spinal Cord / physiopathology
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • AQP4 protein, human
  • Aquaporin 4
  • Autoantibodies
  • Biomarkers
  • Methylprednisolone