Multiple sclerosis and related disorders
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Mult Scler Relat Disord · Nov 2015
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and multiple sclerosis: Differentiation by a multimodal approach.
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) differs from multiple sclerosis (MS) by prognosis and approach to treatment, and it is thus important to distinguish NMOSD from MS. ⋯ Larger brain structural changes were seen in the RRMS group compared to the NMOSD group, and among them, the thalamus was revealed as the important region for the discrimination of these two diseases. MRI analyses of the brain may be helpful in differentiating NMOSD from RRMS patients.