The role of anti-aquaporin 4 antibody in the conversion of acute brainstem syndrome to neuromyelitis optica

BACKGROUND: Acute brainstem syndrome (ABS) may herald multiple sclerosis (MS), neuromyelitis optica (NMO), or occur as an isolated syndrome. The aquaporin 4 (AQP4)-specific serum autoantibody, NMO-IgG, is a biomarker for NMO. However, the role of anti-AQP4 antibody in the conversion of ABS to NMO is...

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Autores principales: Cheng, Chen, Jiang, Ying, Lu, Xiaodong, Gu, Fu, Kang, Zhuang, Dai, Yongqiang, Lu, Zhengqi, Hu, Xueqiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5073440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27769253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-016-0721-1

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