Expert review of neurotherapeutics
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Expert Rev Neurother · Mar 2011
ReviewThe limited demyelinating diseases: the voyage of optic neuritis and transverse myelitis to multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis.
The spectrum of idiopathic inflammatory-demyelinating disorders of the CNS is classified based on clinical symptoms and signs, clinical severity, lesion distribution, neuroimaging features and cerebrospinal fluid characteristics. There is a wide variety of conditions in this broad spectrum. ⋯ Clinical, MRI, cerebrospinal fluid and neuropathological features show that NMO could be considered as a distinct disease rather than as a variant of multiple sclerosis. Accurate and early diagnosis is critical to facilitate initiation of immunosuppressive and/or immunomodulatory therapy to prevent attacks and disability progression.