| Autor: |
Elham Khalilidehkordi, Laura Clarke, Simon Arnett, Wajih Bukhari, Sofia Jimenez Sanchez, Cullen O'Gorman, Jing Sun, Kerri M. Prain, Mark Woodhall, Roger Silvestrini, Christine S. Bundell, David Abernethy, Sandeep Bhuta, Stefan Blum, Mike Boggild, Karyn Boundy, Bruce J. Brew, Matthew Brown, Wallace Brownlee, Helmut Butzkueven, William M. Carroll, Celia Chen, Alan Coulthard, Russell C. Dale, Chandi Das, Marzena J. Fabis-Pedrini, David Fulcher, David Gillis, Simon Hawke, Robert Heard, Andrew P. D. Henderson, Saman Heshmat, Suzanne Hodgkinson, Trevor J. Kilpatrick, John King, Chris Kneebone, Andrew J. Kornberg, Jeannette Lechner-Scott, Ming-Wei Lin, Christopher Lynch, Richard A. L. Macdonell, Deborah F. Mason, Pamela A. McCombe, Jennifer Pereira, John D. Pollard, Sudarshini Ramanathan, Stephen W. Reddel, Cameron Shaw, Judith Spies, James Stankovich, Ian Sutton, Steve Vucic, Michael Walsh, Richard C. Wong, Eppie M. Yiu, Michael H. Barnett, Allan G. Kermode, Mark P. Marriott, John Parratt, Mark Slee, Bruce V. Taylor, Ernest Willoughby, Fabienne Brilot, Angela Vincent, Patrick Waters, Simon A. Broadley |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Neurology, Vol 11 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1664-2295 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fneur.2020.00537 |
| Popis: |
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) show overlap in their clinical features. We performed an analysis of relapses with the aim of determining differences between the two conditions. Cases of NMOSD and age- and sex-matched MS controls were collected from across Australia and New Zealand. Demographic and clinical information, including relapse histories, were recorded using a standard questionnaire. There were 75 cases of NMOSD and 101 MS controls. There were 328 relapses in the NMOSD cases and 375 in MS controls. Spinal cord and optic neuritis attacks were the most common relapses in both NMOSD and MS. Optic neuritis (p < 0.001) and area postrema relapses (P = 0.002) were more common in NMOSD and other brainstem attacks were more common in MS (p < 0.001). Prior to age 30 years, attacks of optic neuritis were more common in NMOSD than transverse myelitis. After 30 this pattern was reversed. Relapses in NMOSD were more likely to be treated with acute immunotherapies and were less likely to recover completely. Analysis by month of relapse in NMOSD showed a trend toward reduced risk of relapse in February to April compared to a peak in November to January (P = 0.065). Optic neuritis and transverse myelitis are the most common types of relapse in NMOSD and MS. Optic neuritis tends to occur more frequently in NMOSD prior to the age of 30, with transverse myelitis being more common thereafter. Relapses in NMOSD were more severe. A seasonal bias for relapses in spring-summer may exist in NMOSD. |
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