Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders with and without connective tissue disorders.

Chun-Sheng YangQiu Xia ZhangSheng Hui ChangLin Jie ZhangLi Min LiYuan QiJing WangZhi Hua SunNannan ZhangningLi YangFu-Dong Shi

Published in: BMC neurology (2018)

A few characteristics differed between NMOSD with and without CTD. NMOSD patients with CTD had higher serum IgG, longer spinal cord lesions, a lower frequency of short TM and more T1 hypointensity and T2 BSLs on spinal MRI than NMOSD patients without CTD.

Keyphrases

spinal cord
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
magnetic resonance imaging
spinal cord injury
prognostic factors
contrast enhanced
diffusion weighted imaging