Seroprevalence of NMO-IgG antibody in Brazilian patients with neuromyelitis optica

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Tarso Adoni¹  Angelina Maria Martins Lino¹  Paulo Eurípedes Marchiori¹  Fernando Kok¹  Dagoberto Callegaro¹ 

[1] ,University of São Paulo School of Medicine Department of NeurologySão Paulo SP ,Brazil

关键词: neuromyelitis optica;    Devic's disease;    NMO-IgG;    seroprevalence;    neuromielite óptica;    doença de Devic;    NMO-IgG;    soroprevalência;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2008000300001

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To determine the seroprevalence of neuromyelitis optica antibody (NMO)-IgG in Brazilian patients with clinical diagnosis of relapsing neuromyelitis optica, also known as Devic's disease. METHOD: We determined NMO-IgG titers in 28 patients (25 of them females) that fulfilled the 1999 NMO diagnostic criteria proposed by Wingerchuk et al. RESULTS: NMO-IgG was detected in 18 NMO patients (64.3%). CONCLUSION: Our results showed that seroprevalence of NMO-IgG in Brazilian NMO patients was similar to the observed in other studies.

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