Brain Abnormalities in Neuromyelitis Optica
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Brain abnormalities in neuromyelitis optica.
BACKGROUND Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a severe demyelinating disease defined principally by its tendency to selectively affect optic nerves and the spinal cord causing recurrent attacks of blindness and paralysis. Contemporary diagnostic criteria require absence of clinical disease outside the optic nerve or spinal cord. We have, however, frequently encountered patients with a well-establish...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Neurology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0003-9942
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.63.3.390