| Title |
Subclinical Optic Neuritis in Neuromyelitis Optica |
| Creator |
Aksoy, Durdane; Gokce, Erkan; Kurt, Semiha; Cevik, Betul; Demir, Helin D |
| Abstract |
We read with great interest the review of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) by Morrow and Wingerchuk (1). Even with proposed diagnostic criteria (2), establishing the diagnosis of NMO may be difficult. We describe a patient with white matter cerebral lesions, myelitis, and subclinical optic neuritis with negative NMO-IgG at the initial presentation. The diagnosis of NMO became certain 5 months later when the patient developed overt bilateral optic neuritis and a positive NMO-IgG antibody. |
| Subject |
Autoantibodies; B-Lymphocytes; Humans; Neuromyelitis Optica; Optic Nerve |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/ |
| Publisher |
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
© North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
227465 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mh0vk7/227465 |
