Seroprevalence and clinical phenotype of MOG-IgG-associated disorders in Sri Lanka

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2019 Dec;90(12):1381-1383. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2018-320243. Epub 2019 Aug 6.

Authors

Bimsara Senanayake^#¹, Jiraporn Jitprapaikulsan^#^{2

3}, Mythily Aravinthan¹, Jagath Chandra Wijesekera⁴, Udaya K Ranawaka⁵, Mohamed Thoweek Riffsy⁶, Thakshan Paramanathan¹, Jessica Sagen⁷, James P Fryer², John Schmeling², Masoud Majed³, Eoin P Flanagan^{2

3

7}, Sean J Pittock^{8

3

7}

Affiliations

¹ Neurology, The National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
³ Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
⁴ Medway NHS Foundation Trust UK, Gillingham, Kent, UK.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hosptial, Welivita, Sri Lanka.
⁷ Center for MS and Autoimmune Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
⁸ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA pittock.sean@mayo.edu.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: multiple sclerosis; myelin; myelopathy; neuroimmunology; ophthalmology.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Age of Onset
Aged
Aquaporin 4 / blood
Child
Child, Preschool
Demyelinating Diseases / epidemiology*
Demyelinating Diseases / immunology
Demyelinating Diseases / physiopathology*
Ethnicity
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein / immunology*
Phenotype
Recurrence
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Sri Lanka / epidemiology
Young Adult

Substances

AQP4 protein, human
Aquaporin 4
Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein

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