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By GREG ALLMAIN Federal Way Mirror reporter April 4, 2012 · 10:46 AM With National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Month having just ended in March, and the MS Walk coming up in Tacoma on April 14-15, there’s one Federal Way woman who is well acquainted with the disease. Deanna Kirkpatrick, 44, was diagnosed with the debilitating condition six years ago
Kevin Weilacher was on vacation when he developed a rare disorder that left him temporarily paralyzed and anxiously awaiting a diagnosis. He and wife, Liz, just celebrated their eighth wedding anniversary in Niagara Falls. While traveling back to Ohio, the couple stopped to visit Weilacher’s mother in Erie, Penn.
Variable results after rituximab in neuromyelitis optica. Lindsey JW, Meulmester KM, Brod SA, Nelson F, Wolinsky JS. Abstract Our objective was to assess the efficacy of rituximab (RTX) in neuromyelitis optica (NMO)
Painful Tonic Spasm in Neuromyelitis Optica Incidence, Diagnostic Utility, and Clinical Characteristics Sung-Min Kim, MD; Min Jin Go, MS; Jung-Joon Sung, MD, PhD; Kyung Seok Park, MD, PhD; Kwang-Woo Lee, MD, PhD Arch Neurol.
Neuromyelitis optica in Japanese sisters.
Case Reports in Medicine Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 393568, 4 pages doi:10.1155/2011/393568 Case Report Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disease with Positive Autoimmune Indices: A Case Report and Review of the Literature M.
Keywords: Neuromyelitis optica; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Systemic Sjogren’s; Myelitis; Autoantibody Abstract Objective: To identify the presence of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) in patients with acute myelitis and suspected connective tissue disease (CTD), and to discuss the utility of this distinction in establishing a diagnostic and therapeutic plan. Methods: Seventeen patients with myelitis were identified from a single university-based rheumatology clinic and prospectively followed. Clinical data and serologic profile were used to determine the presence of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) or NMOSD according to established criteria