Optic neuritis (ON) is an inflammation that damages ... of developing MS. You may also be at a higher risk of developing NMO spectrum disorder, another nerve condition. The eye is a very important ...

Optic Neuritis: Clinical Features Optic neuritis refers to inflammation of the optic nerve. The term may be used broadly in reference to many causes of optic nerve inflammation including systemic ...

Naismith et al. evaluated 65 patients with MS (n = 40), clinically isolated syndrome (CIS, n = 1), neuromyelitis optica (NMO, n = 20) or idiopathic demyelination (n = 4). To be included in the ...

A recent analysis suggests that patients with anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) have better long-term visual outcomes than those with anti-aquaporin-4 ...

LETM = longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis; MS = multiple sclerosis; NMO = neuromyelitis optica; n.d. = not determined; NMOSD = neuromyelitis spectrum disorders; ON = optic neuritis ...

And neuromyelitis optica is also brain and spinal cord. We used to think that NMO was like a variant of multiple sclerosis. That's before the antibody was discovered. The antibody was discovered ...