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Does the weather/environment affect NMO?

Benjamin Greenberg, MD – UT Southwestern: We get asked all the time whether or not there is a link between changes in weather and the environment and how our patients…

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How are genetics involved in NMO?

Benjamin Greenberg, MD: In general, NMO is not a genetic condition. It is not passed on from parent to child or from sibling to sibling. It is rare for us…

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How Broken is my immune system if I have NMO?

James Bowen, MD – MS Center, Swedish Neuroscience Institute: Really, the immune system is not broken in NMO so much as it’s working too well. Our immune system is really…

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How common is NMO?

Dean Wingerchuk, MD – Mayo Clinic: NMO is a rare disease and the rate at which NMO occurs and how many people have NMO are subjects of a lot of…

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How do Clinicians treat NMO?

Dean Wingerchuk, MD – Mayo Clinic: I think it’s helpful to consider different types of therapy for NMO in different categories. For example, there’s treatment of individual attacks, treatment and…

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How do I request the NMO IgG Antibody Test?

Maureen Mealy, RN – Johns Hopkins University: This question comes up particularly with patients who have been very savvy and done some research online, and have presented with some kind…

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How does clinical research benefit solving NMO?

Lawrence Steinman, MD – Stanford University: NMO is a rugged disease. The experiences in the clinic done by skilled medical scientists are showing us what the triggers are for NMO,…

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How Frequent are NMO Relapses?

Michael Levy, MD, PhD – Johns Hopkins University: We recognize that NMO patients have a range of relapse rates. Some patients present with multiple relapses, one after the other, and…

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How important is it to participate in a clinical trial?

Fred Lublin, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Participation in a clinical trial is a critical element in bringing out new drugs and new therapies for any…

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How is the NMO IgG Antibody detected?

Sean Pittock, MD – Mayo Clinic: Firstly, to clarify, NMO IgG is a term that’s essentially synonymous with aquaporin-4 IgG. Determinable IgG was introduced in the first paper, in the…

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How is transverse myelitis involved in NMO?

Benjamin Greenberg, MD – UT Southwestern: By definition, transverse myelitis means inflammation of the spinal cord. And as many people know, neuromyelitis optica can cause transverse myelitis, but not all…

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Is NMO a form of Multiple Sclerosis (MS)?

Scott Zamvil, MD, phD – Mayo Clinic: Is NMO a form of multiple sclerosis? And it’s a very interesting question, but they are separate entities. This is a very exciting…

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