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Serologic diagnosis of NMO: A multicenter comparison of aquaporin-4-IgG assays by WATERS, P. J, MCKEON, A, PITTOCK, S. J, LEITE, M. I, RAJASEKHARAN, S, LENNON, V. A, VILLALOBOS, A, PALACE, J, MANDREKAR, J. N, VINCENT, A, BAR-OR, A

“…Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) immunoglobulin G (IgG) (aquaporin-4 [AQP4] IgG) is highly specific for NMO and related disorders, and autoantibody detection has…”
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Myasthenia gravis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: A multicenter study of 16 patients by LEITE, M. I, COUTINHO, E, VILLA, A. M, CALLEGARO, D, SANTOS, E, DA SILVA, A. Martins, JARIUS, S, HOWARD, R, NAKASHIMA, I, GIOVANNONI, G, BUCKLEY, C, HILTON-JONES, D, LANA-PEIXOTO, M, VINCENT, A, PALACE, J, APOSTOLOS, S, WATERS, P, SATO, D, MELAMUD, L, MARTA, M, GRAHAM, A, SPILLANE, J

“…To describe 16 patients with a coincidence of 2 rare diseases: aquaporin-4 antibody (AQP4-Ab)-mediated neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (AQP4-NMOSD) and…”
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The differential diagnosis of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis by Kitley, JL, Leite, MI, George, JS, Palace, JA

“…Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis refers to florid and widespread inflammation of the spinal cord causing T2 hyperintensity on spinal magnetic…”
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Characterization of neuromyelitis optica and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder patients with a late onset by Collongues, N, Marignier, R, Jacob, A, Leite, MI, Siva, A, Paul, F, Zephir, H, Akman-Demir, G, Elsone, L, Jarius, S, Papeix, C, Mutch, K, Saip, S, Wildemann, B, Kitley, J, Karabudak, R, Aktas, O, Kuscu, D, Altintas, A, Palace, J, Confavreux, C, De Seze, J

“…Background: Few data are available for patients with a late onset (≥ 50 years) of neuromyelitis optica (LONMO) or neuromyelitis optica spectrum disease…”
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Demographic and clinical features of neuromyelitis optica: A review by Pandit, L, Asgari, N, Apiwattanakul, M, Palace, J, Paul, F, Leite, MI, Kleiter, I, Chitnis, T

“…The comparative clinical and demographic features of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) are not well known. In this review we analyzed peer-reviewed publications for…”
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Isolated new onset ‘atypical’ optic neuritis in the NMO clinic: serum antibodies, prognoses and diagnoses at follow-up by Piccolo, L., Woodhall, M., Tackley, G., Juryńczyk, M., Kong, Y., Domingos, J., Gore, R., Vincent, A., Waters, P., Leite, M. I., Palace, J.

“…Severe, recurrent or bilateral optic neuritis (ON) often falls within the neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD), but the diagnosis can be…”
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Influence of pregnancy on neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder by KIM, W, KIM, S.-H, SILVA, A. M, KIM, Byoung-Joon, KIM, Byung-Jo, AHN, S.-W, KIM, H. J, NAKASHIMA, I, TAKAI, Y, FUJIHARA, K, LEITE, M. I, KITLEY, J, PALACE, J, SANTOS, E, COUTINHO, E

“…To investigate the influence of pregnancy on patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). A total of 190 women with NMOSD were enrolled from 7…”
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Thymoma and paraneoplastic myasthenia gravis by Marx, A., Willcox, N., Leite, M. I., Chuang, W.-Y., Schalke, B., Nix, W., Ströbel, P.

“…Paraneoplastic autoimmune diseases associate occasionally with small cell lung cancers and gynecologic tumors. However, myasthenia gravis (MG) occurs in at…”
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Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus: Glycine and NMDA receptor antibodies by TURNER, M. R, IRANI, S. R, LEITE, M. I, NITHI, K, VINCENT, A, ANSORGE, O

“…The syndrome of progressive encephalopathy with limb rigidity has been historically termed progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus (PERM) or…”
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PROGRESSIVE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS WITH RIGIDITY AND MYOCLONUS: RESOLUTION AFTER THYMECTOMY by CLERINX, K, BREBAN, T, SCHROOTEN, M, LEITE, M. I, VINCENT, A, VERSCHAKELEN, J, TOUSSEYN, T, VANDENBERGHE, W

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The use of OCT in good visual acuity MOGAD and AQP4-NMOSD patients; with and without optic neuritis by Roca-Fernández, A, Camera, V, Loncarevic-Whitaker, G, Messina, S, Mariano, R, Vincent, A, Sharma, S, Leite, MI, Palace, J

“…Myelin oligodendrocyte-antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) often presents with severe optic neuritis (ON) but tends to recover better than in aquaporin-4…”
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Symptomatic, radiological and pathological involvement of the hypothalamus in neuromyelitis optica by Viegas, S, Weir, A, Esiri, M, Kuker, W, Waters, P, Leite, M I, Vincent, A, Palace, J

“…This study describes a young girl who presented with involuntary weight loss, spontaneous vomiting and behavioural change. Imaging confirmed hypothalamic and…”
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Clinical fluctuations in MuSK myasthenia gravis are related to antigen-specific IgG4 instead of IgG1 by Niks, E.H, van Leeuwen, Y, Leite, M.I, Dekker, F.W, Wintzen, A.R, Wirtz, P.W, Vincent, A, van Tol, M.J.D, Jol-van der Zijde, C.M, Verschuuren, J.J.G.M

“…Abstract We studied the longitudinal relation between disease severity and titers of antigen-specific IgG subclasses in sera of patients with myasthenia gravis…”
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Long-term observational study of sporadic inclusion body myositis by Benveniste, Olivier, Guiguet, Marguerite, Freebody, Jane, Dubourg, Odile, Squier, Waney, Maisonobe, Thierry, Stojkovic, Tanya, Leite, Maria Isabel, Allenbach, Yves, Herson, Serge, Brady, Stefen, Eymard, Bruno, Hilton-Jones, David

“…We describe a long-term observational study of a large cohort of patients with sporadic inclusion body myositis and propose a sporadic inclusion body myositis…”
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A challenging case of hypercapnic respiratory failure during pregnancy by Vijayakumar, B, Cao, M, Mackillop, L, Sarangmat, N, Leite, MI, Wathen, CG, Nickol, AH, Turnbull, CD

“…We describe a 40-year-old female who presented with progressive breathlessness and hypercapnic respiratory failure during pregnancy secondary to undiagnosed…”
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To start immune therapy or not? An unusual presentation of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis with pyrexia by Rounis, E., Leite, M. I., Pretorius, P. M., Sen, A.

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A nationwide epidemiological study of myasthenia gravis in Latvia by Zieda, A., Ravina, K., Glazere, I., Pelcere, L., Naudina, M. S., Liepina, L., Kamsa, I., Kurjane, N., Woodhall, M., Jacobson, L., Leite, M. I., Tandon, K., Kenina, V.

“…Background and purpose Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by fatigable muscle weakness due to antibody‐mediated impairment of…”
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Evaluation of cell damage and modulation of cytokines TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-10 in macrophages exposed to PpIX-mediated photodynamic therapy by Tiveron, R. D. R., Costa, D. A., Leite, M. D. I., Vaz, C. B. S., Sousa, M., Carlos, S. M. C. F., Oliveira, C. J. F., Machado, R. R., Paulino, T. P.

“…Abstract Little is known regarding whether photodynamic therapy (PDT)-induced cell death can substantially compromise macrophages (MΦ), which are important…”
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A case of glycine-receptor antibody-associated encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus (PERM): clinical course, treatment and CSF findings by Piotrowicz, A., Thümen, A., Leite, M. I., Vincent, A., Moser, A.

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Time to next relapse as a primary endpoint in neuromyelitis optica clinical trials by Kitley, Joanna, Leite, M Isabel, Elsone, Liene, Jacob, Anu, Palace, Jackie

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