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Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis with and without aquaporin 4 antibodies.

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IMPORTANCE:Aquaporin 4 antibody (AQP4-Ab)-negative patients with longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) behave differently from those with AQP4-Ab. Aquaporin 4 antibody-negative neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is rare when good assays are used. OBJECTIVE:To assess if AQP4-Ab-negative patients with LETM share similar disease characteristics with AQP4-Ab-positive patients or whether they have distinct features and alternative diagnoses. DESIGN We collated clinical and paraclinical data on patients with LETM identified through the Oxford NMO clinical database. Aquaporin 4 antibodies were tested using 2 sensitive assays. We describe the features of patients with LETM, compare findings between patients with and without AQP4-Ab, and describe alternative diagnoses in AQP4-Ab-negative patients. SETTING:Single specialist UK center for NMO. PARTICIPANTS:Seventy-six adult patients with LETM. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES:Comparison of clinical and paraclinical data. RESULTS:Fifty-eight percent of patients were AQP4-Ab positive. Alternative diagnoses could usually be identified in AQP4-Ab-negative patients, including those fulfilling NMO diagnostic criteria. Only 6.5% of patients had "true" seronegative NMO and 6.5% had idiopathic LETM. There were some important differences between AQP4-Ab-positive and -negative cases, including older onset age, higher proportion of females, lower incidence of simultaneous optic neuritis, lower frequency of conus involvement, and higher prevalence of coexisting autoimmune disorders in AQP4-Ab-positive cases. Attack severity and degree of recovery were similar in the 2 groups. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE:Patients with LETM without AQP4-Ab include a number of different diagnostic categories and it is not surprising therefore that they show important differences compared with AQP4-Ab-positive patients, even when considering only those fulfilling current NMO diagnostic criteria. Thus, we suggest that diagnoses such as myelin-oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody disease, multiple sclerosis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, and postinfectious disorders should be exclusions in the NMO diagnostic criteria and AQP4-Ab-positive and antibody-negative NMO/NMO spectrum disorder cohorts should be analyzed separately.

journal_name

JAMA Neurol

journal_title

JAMA neurology

authors

Kitley J,Leite MI,Küker W,Quaghebeur G,George J,Waters P,Woodhall M,Vincent A,Palace J

doi

10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.3890

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-11-01 00:00:00

pages

1375-81

issue

eissn

2168-6149

issn

2168-6157

pii

1733321

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Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis with and without aquaporin 4 antibodies.