sabato 15 novembre 2014

Neuroimmunology: Towards more-accurate diagnosis in neuromyelitis optica

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) can mimic multiple sclerosis (MS). Avoiding misdiagnosis is crucial, because some disease-modifying drugs for MS can aggravate NMOSD, causing blindness and paraplegia. A recent study reports that misdiagnosis of NMOSD as MS occasionally occurs, and that a two-step antibody assay could improve differential diagnosis.

Nature Reviews Neurology 2014

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