Characteristics of recurrence in area postrema-onset NMO spectrum disorder - a retrospective cohort study

Autor: Xianxing Zhang, Jin Wu, Jingyu Lin, Shifang Lin, Aiyu Lin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: BMC Neurology, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2377
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-024-03667-3
Popis: Abstract Background Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease with high risk of recurrence and disability, the treatment goal is a recurrence free state. Area postrema (AP) is one of the most common involved area of NMOSD, which may have a particular significance in the pathogenesis of NMOSD and clinical heterogeneity. Our study is to investigate the clinical and recurrent characteristics AP onset NMOSD patients. Methods A retrospective study was done in a cohort of 166 AQP4-IgG seropositive NMOSD patients which were identified by the 2015 IPND criteria. The patients were divided into AP onset (APO-NMOSD) group and non-AP onset (NAPO-NMOSD) group based on the initial episode location. Clinical features and recurrence differences of two groups were compared. Results The APO-NMOSD group and NAPO-NMOSD group had a population ratio of 24:142. APO-NMOSD patients were younger (34.6y VS 42.3y, P = 0.013), had lower EDSS at first episode (0.7 VS 4.2, p = 0.028) and last follow up (1.9 VS 3.3, p = 0.001), more likely to have multi-core lesions at the first attack (33.3% VS 9.2%, P = 0.001). Also, they had a higher annual recurrence rate (0.4 ± 0.28 VS 0.19 ± 0.25, P = 0.012). In natural course NMOSD patients without immunotherapy, APO-NMSOD had a shorter time of first relapse (P
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