Clinical and laboratory features of neuromyelitis optica with oligoclonal IgG bands.

Abstract

Of 23 neuromyelitis optica (NMO) cases, we found two cases with oligoclonal IgG bands (OBs). Both patients were positive for NMO-IgG. Their common features were long disease duration and co-existing autoimmune diseases (myasthenia gravis and sicca syndrome). Although OBs are mostly negative in NMO, which distinguishes it from multiple sclerosis (MS), they can be positive by long-standing autoimmunity, which may not be directly related to NMO.

• Authors: M Nakamura, I Nakashima, S Sato, I Miyazawa, K Fujihara, Y Itoyama
• Journal: Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) (Mult Scler) Vol. 13 Issue 3 Pg. 332-5 (Apr 2007) ISSN: 1352-4585 [Print] England
• PMID: 17439901 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Immunoglobulin G

Topics

• Aged
• Autoimmune Diseases (immunology)
• Female
• Humans
• Immunoglobulin G (analysis, blood)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Neuromyelitis Optica (immunology)
• Retrospective Studies
• Spinal Cord (pathology)