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Cases of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder from the East Africa region, highlighting challenges in diagnostics and healthcare access
BACKGROUND: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an auto-immune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) associated with the IgG-antibody against aquaporin-4 (AQP4-IgG). There is little published epidemiology of NMOSD from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). METHODS: We retrospectively collate...
Autores principales: | Sokhi, Dilraj, Suleiman, Adil, Manji, Soraiya, Hooker, Juzar, Mativo, Peter |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7844578/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33553703 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ensci.2021.100320 |
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