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Discussing NMO Research and Advocacy

Things to Know About NMO with Larry Steinman, M.D.

The Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation

Posted: May 26, 2011
  • We have an armamentarium of medications to deal somewhat effectively with flares of disease, and to help prevent progression of disease.
  • NMO is sometimes associated with other conditions that result from an immune attack against other organs like the thyroid gland.
  • Intensive research is looking for the fundamental causes of NMO, and this will likely lead to more effective treatments.
  • There is a blood test that helps doctors make the diagnosis of NMO.