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SUBMITTER: Hoftberger R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4824843 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Höftberger Romana R Sepulveda María M Armangue Thaís T Blanco Yolanda Y Rostásy Kevin K Calvo Alvaro Cobo AC Olascoaga Javier J Ramió-Torrentà Lluís L Reindl Markus M Benito-León Julián J Casanova Bonaventura B Arrambide Georgina G Sabater Lidia L Graus Francesc F Dalmau Josep J Saiz Albert A
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) 20141024 7
<h4>Objective</h4>We aimed to report the frequency and implications of antibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG-ab) in adults with demyelinating syndromes suspicious for neuromyelitis optica (NMO).<h4>Methods</h4>Samples from 174 patients (48 NMO, 84 longitudinally extensive myelitis (LETM), 39 optic neuritis (ON), and three acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) who presented initially with isolated LETM) were retrospectively examined for AQP4-ab and MOG-ab using cell-based a ...[more]