… Drafting of the manuscript: Pittock, Zéphir, and Moder. Critical revision of the manuscript for
important intellectual content: Pittock, Lennon, de Seze, Vermersch, Homburger, Wingerchuk, …

Background: There have been few epidemiologic studies on neuromyelitis optica (NMO)
and none used the recent 2006 diagnostic criteria. Here we describe the clinical, laboratory, …

Objective: To optimize aquaporin-4 (AQP4) antibody (Ab) detection and to assess the
influence of the increased sensitivity of the assay on the demographic and disease-related …

Le lupus érythémateux systémique est une maladie auto-immune touchant principalement la
peau et les articulations. Les manifestations neurologiques centrales et périphériques sont …

Background: Radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS) is characterized by patients with
asymptomatic T2 hypersignals detected by brain MRI fulfilling dissemination in space criteria and …

Background To establish whether or not multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO)
are different pathological entities, we wondered whether MS patients and NMO patients …

Objective: The purpose of our study was to assess the influence of pregnancy on the course
of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and the impact of epidural analgesia and breastfeeding on its …

Background: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a rare inflammatory disease. Average age at
onset is 35 years. Few data exist on patients with pediatric-onset NMO (p-NMO), with disease …

Background Treatment options for patients suffering from progressive forms of multiple
sclerosis (MS) remain inadequate. Mast cells actively participate in the pathogenesis of MS, in …

Background Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies (MOG-Ab) are related to several
acquired demyelinating syndromes in adults, but the therapeutic approach is currently …