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(For more, visit this RSS feed.)Neuromyelitis optica is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system associated with autoantibodies against the glial water channel protein aquaporin-4. It has recently been reported that immunoglobulin from neuromyelitis optica patients injected peripherally does not cause lesions in naive rats, but only when pre-existing central nervo....
The summer edition of Spectrum, a newsletter from the Guthy-Jackson Foundation about the various aspects of Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO).
Features in this edition include details about the first patient repository, where people who have NMO can donate blood samples for scientific study. Dr. Ben Greenberg, from the University of Texas, Southwestern, answers some fr....