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Is Asian type MS an MS phenotype, an NMO spectrum disorder, or a MOG-IgG related disease?
Multiple sclerosis and related disorders - 1 Jul 2020
Papais Alvarenga Regina Maria, Araújo Ana Carolina Ribeiro de Araújo E, Nascimento Anna Christiany Brandão, Araujo Nadja Emídio Correa de, Meneguette Nathalie Stéphanie, Neri Vanderson Carvalho, Papais Alvarenga Marina, Filho Helcio Alvarenga, Barros Priscilla de Oliveira, Bento Cleonice Alves, Schmidt Sergio Luis, Vasconcelos Claudia Cristina Ferreira, Alvarenga Marcos Papais
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BACKGROUND: A specific particularity of neurological diseases in Asia is the relative commonality of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and Asian type MS (OSMS). Both conditions also occur in South American patients. The Brazilian population differs from the European and the Asian populations due to the mixture of ancestralities between European colonizers and African slaves. To better know the clinical characteristics...
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