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SUBMITTER: Huang TL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6172906 | biostudies-other | 2018 Oct-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Huang Tzu-Lun TL Lin Kung-Hung KH Wang Jia-Kang JK Tsai Rong-Kung RK
Tzu chi medical journal 20181001 4
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease with pathogenic autoantibodies that act against the astrocyte water channel protein, i.e. aquaporin-4: the disease is associated with recurrent episodes of optic neuritis (ON) and transverse myelitis, often resulting in severe disability. The main goals in treatment of NMO include acute symptomatic therapy and long-term stabilization of symptoms by preventing relapse. In recent years, ongoing randomized controlled trials in NMO pa ...[more]