Research Article
The Frequency of Anti-Aquaporin-4 Ig G Antibody in Neuromyelitis Optica and Its Spectrum Disorders at a Single Tertiary Referral Center in Malaysia
Table 4
Showing the differences between Anti-AQP4 seropositive and seronegative cohorts.
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Abbreviations: NMO: Neuromyelitis optica; NMOSD: neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder; RON: Relapsing optic neuritis; RTM: Relapsing transverse myelitis, MON: Monophasic optic neuritis; MTM: Monophasic transverse myelitis; Anti-AQP4 antibody: Anti Aquaporin 4 antibody, PTS: paroxysmal tonic spasms; Long Cont: Longitudinally contiguous; Long Linear: Longitudinally Linear; Long Cont & Int: Longitudinally contiguous and interrupted; Long Linear & Int: Longitudinally linear and interrupted; Long Cont & Linear: Longitudinally contiguos and linear, SS: short segment. Patients with no lesions were not included in the table. *Multiple short segment lesions were left out of the table—only one patient in the seropositive group. For parameters PTS, cord atrophy, type of cord lesion, site of axial cord lesion and site of cord lesion, only available data was included. Patients with no cord lesions and those with monofocal, monophasic demyelinating diseases with onset in the brain but atypical for MS or NMO and were seronegative were excluded and thus the total number of patients will not be 96. |