Fulminant cerebral demyelination in neuromyelitis optica
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Fulminant cerebral demyelination in neuromyelitis optica.
A 43-year-old woman with a 2-year history of neuromyelitis optica (NMO; typical imaging [figure 1] and NMO–immunoglobulin G [IgG] antibody), previously treated with plasmapheresis and steroids, presented somnolent. Admission neuroimaging showed fulminant cerebral demyelination (figure 2, A and B), and she rapidly progressed to herniation (figure 2, C and D) and brain death despite 2 courses of ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3182242d6e