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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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