The term may be used broadly in reference to many causes of optic nerve inflammation including systemic inflammatory disorders (e.g., lupus, sarcoidosis, Crohn's disease among others), infectious ...

The antibody was discovered only in the last few decades, but now we know that it's a different disease entirely because NMO has an antibody. So normally, antibodies are good. Antibodies fight ...

WASHINGTON -- Patients with IgG4-related disease appeared to benefit from inebilizumab (Uplizna), currently approved for neuromyelitis optica (NMO), in a pivotal clinical trial. Just 10% of ...

Rarity is a strength, not a weakness, when lessons learned from rare disease patients buoy research and development to find cures for more common diseases. Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an autoimmune ...

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