The goal of this retrospective study was to assess the diagnostic value and clinical characteristics of painful tonic spasm (PTS) in patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO). At 2 referral hospitals, ...

WASHINGTON -- Patients with IgG4-related disease appeared to benefit from inebilizumab (Uplizna), currently approved for neuromyelitis optica (NMO), in a pivotal clinical trial. Just 10% of patients ...

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Autoimmune diseases cannot currently be cured, only treated, and this is also true for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, which affects the central nervous system. A Kobe University study of how ...

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an autoimmune disorder that mostly affects your eyes and spinal cord. Your immune system attacks a specific protein, called aquaporin-4 (AQP4). The ...

"Multi-center randomized controlled trials with large samples will further confirm the association between vitamin D and NMOSD. It may be necessary for doctors to assess the vitamin D levels of ...