Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and autoimmune thyroiditis
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Autoimmune thyroiditis associated with neuromyelitis optica (NMO)
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO or Devic's syndrome) is a rare relapsing demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that mainly affects the spinal cord and optic nerves and shares many clinical and radiological features with multiple sclerosis. The association of NMO with other autoimmune diseases was reported, but very few reports described association with autoimmune thyroid disease....
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عنوان ژورنال: Oxford Medical Case Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2053-8855
DOI: 10.1093/omcr/omv054