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Neuromyelitis optica myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-positive

8A41.1

Link to WHO Definition

Neuromyelitis optica myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-positive – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/605048789

MOG antibody associated spectrum disorders are inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system with a predilection for optic nerve that include a subgroup of patients with bilateral optic neuritis (ON), longitudinally extensive (> 3 vertebral segments) myelitis (often recurrent) and rarely patients with an NMO like presentation. The clinical and immunopathological phenotype is under active investigation

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