Long-term disability in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder with a history of myelitis is associated with age at onset, delay in diagnosis/preventive treatment, MRI lesion length and presence of symptomatic brain lesions.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2018.12.011
Abstract: BACKGROUND Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that preferentially targets the spinal cord and optic nerves. Increasing disability is accrued with each inflammatory attack. Disability has… read more here.
Keywords: delay diagnosis; diagnosis; disability; diagnosis preventive ... See more keywords