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. 2008 Mar;66(1):1-4.
doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x2008000100001.

Neuromyelitis optica: brain abnormalities in a Brazilian cohort

Denis Bernardi Bichuetti  1 , René Leandro Magalhães Rivero, Daniel May Oliveira, Nilton Amorin de Souza, Nitamar Abdala, Enedina Maria Lobato Oliveira, Alberto Alain Gabbai
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Neuromyelitis optica: brain abnormalities in a Brazilian cohort

Denis Bernardi Bichuetti et al. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2008 Mar.
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Abstract

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a demyelinating disease consisting of relapsing-remitting optic neuritis and myelitis with a more severe course than Multiple Sclerosis. Recently, it has been shown that almost 50% of patients with NMO can have brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities. We report on six Brazilian patients with NMO, fulfilling the 1999 Wingerchuck criteria for this disease, with abnormal brain MRI and discuss their clinical and radiological features.

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