International consensus diagnostic criteria for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders
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...AQP4-IgG specificity allowed recognition of a broader clinical spectrum of NMO with similar natural history but not meeting these criteria (eg, recurrent AQP4-IgG–seropositive optic neuritis without transverse myelitis); these syndromes are known as NMO spectrum disorders (NMOSD).(5,6) Attacks are generally more severe and recovery less complete than in other IDDs (eg, MS)(7); a single attack can render a patient permanently blind or paraplegic....
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...…of myelinated axons are associated with numerous neurological disorders (Fields, 2008) and are fundamental to several, such as multiple sclerosis (MS) (Popescu and Lucchinetti, 2012; Calabrese et al., 2015), neuromyelitis optica (Wingerchuk et al., 2015), and leukodystrophies (Gordon et al., 2014)....
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...DOI: 10.7554/eLife.15784 18 of 29 Popescu and Lucchinetti, 2012; Calabrese et al., 2015; Wingerchuk et al., 2015; Gordon et al., 2014; Lucchinetti et al., 2011; Kang et al., 2013)....
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...AQP4-IgG-positive NMOSD patients [28] (n = 16, all female, mean age 43....
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...The other held that the sensitivity and specificity of AQP4-IgG is not yet adequately established and that seronegative NMOSD cannot be adequately distinguished from seropositive NMOSD; accordingly, clinical criteria for NMOSD are still appropriate, AQP4-IgG being an important, but still supportive, diagnostic test.(8) Autoantibodies targeting myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) are now increasingly recognized as defining an overlapping clinical syndrome that often satisfies the clinical diagnosis of NMOSD....
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...Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory CNS disorder distinct from multiple sclerosis (MS).(1,2) It became known as Devic disease following a seminal 1894 report....
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..., first-attack LETM or recurrent or bilateral optic neuritis) who were at high risk for future attacks.(1) The NMOSD term also encompassed the cerebral, diencephalic, and brainstem lesions that occur in a minority of patients with otherwise typical NMO....
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...The Panel does not recommend CNS biopsy but recognizes that in atypical cases, expert pathologic review of biopsy tissue of brain or spinal cord might help establish NMOSD and exclude competing diagnoses.60 Opticospinal MS....
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...The IPND also proposed validation strategies and achieved consensus on pediatric NMOSD diagnosis and the concepts of monophasic NMOSD and opticospinal MS. Neurology® 2015;85:177–189...
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...The Panel considered absence of CSF oligoclonal bands as supportive evidence for NMOSD (although they are sometimes transiently detectable at the time of an attack) and presence of bands a red flag, but sensitivity and specificity are modest.(4,53) CSF pleocytosis ....
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...The criteria should also provide greater specificity for distinguishing both AQP4-IgG-seropositive and AQP4-IgG-seronegative NMOSD from MS. Early-stage diagnostic specificity is critical because recent observational data suggest that interferon-b, natalizumab, and fingolimod may worsen NMO.15–18,e24–e26 The IPND criteria are expected to facilitate more comprehensive and comparable epidemiologic studies by supplying a uniform case definition and a glossary of defined terms....
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...For example, altitudinal visual field defects may result from ischemic optic neuropathy and bilateral simultaneous optic neuritis may occur in MS.e53 Diagnostic requirements are more stringent for patients in whom AQP4-IgG is not detected or for whom testing is unavailable....
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