MOG-IgG in NMO and related disorders: a multicenter study of 50 patients. Part 4: Afferent visual system damage after optic neuritis in MOG-IgG-seropositive versus AQP4-IgG-seropositive patients
Journal: Journal of Neuroinflammation; November 1, 2016
Author(s): Florence Pache, Hanna Zimmermann, Janine Mikolajczak, Sophie Schumacher, Anna Lacheta, Frederike C. Oertel, Judith Bellmann-Strobl, Sven Jarius, Brigitte Wildemann, Markus Reindl, Amy Waldman, Kerstin Soelberg, Nasrin Asgari, Marius Ringelstein, Orhan Aktas, Nikolai Gross, Mathias Buttmann, Thomas Ach, Klemens Ruprecht, Friedemann Paul, Alexander U. Brandt & in cooperation with the Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group (NEMOS)
Mog antibodies in patients with NMO and related disorders: Damage to the visual system after optic neuritis
This study compared the long-term damage to the visual system after optic neuritis in MOG-IgG-positive (MOGAD) patients versus AQP4-positive (NMOSD) patients. No differences were seen in the extent of visual damage between the two groups —— visual impairment and damage to the visual nerve system are as severe in MOGAD as in NMOSD. In MOGAD patients, the cumulative damage may be driven by higher relapse rates, whereas in NMOSD patients, there may be fewer but more severe episodes of ON.
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