Tag Archives: Multiple Sclerosis

Molecular outcomes of neuromyelitis optica (NMO)-IgG binding to aquaporin-4 in astrocytes

March 22nd, 2012 - 11:47 am

Vanda A. Lennon, M.D., Ph.D., with the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and Neurology, discusses research that identifies critical properties of neuromyelitis optica, a potentially debilitating neurological disease that is often misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis (MS). Dr. Lennon’s team … Continue reading →

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Inflammatory cortical demyelination in early multiple sclerosis

December 15th, 2011 - 3:31 pm

Claudia F. Lucchinetti, M.D. of the Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., discusses a study that provides definitive evidence that inflammatory disease of the gray matter commences early in the pathogenesis of some cases of multiple sclerosis. An … Continue reading →

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