Pregnancy and neuromyelitis optica

<p>Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating disease, which mainly affects the optic nerve and spinal cord. It is common in the women of child-bearing age. The disease may suffer the effects of cytokines during pregnancy, but at present the relationship between...

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Main Authors: Qiu-ying MA, Jia-wei WANG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tianjin Huanhu Hospital 2016-10-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.cjcnn.org/index.php/cjcnn/article/view/1483
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spelling doaj-b95c1bdb3c474fbd9b3539a3b5a5c1b32020-11-24T23:07:47ZengTianjin Huanhu HospitalChinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery1672-67312016-10-0116106656691453Pregnancy and neuromyelitis opticaQiu-ying MA0Jia-wei WANG1Department of Neurology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, Medical Research Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China<p>Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating disease, which mainly affects the optic nerve and spinal cord. It is common in the women of child-bearing age. The disease may suffer the effects of cytokines during pregnancy, but at present the relationship between pregnancy and NMO remains unclear, and the treatment of NMO during pregnancy remains controversial. It still needs further study to guide clinical practice.</p><p> </p><p><strong>DOI: </strong>10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2016.10.005</p>http://www.cjcnn.org/index.php/cjcnn/article/view/1483Neuromyelitis opticaPregnancyReview
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author Qiu-ying MA
Jia-wei WANG
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Pregnancy and neuromyelitis optica
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
Neuromyelitis optica
Pregnancy
Review
author_facet Qiu-ying MA
Jia-wei WANG
author_sort Qiu-ying MA
title Pregnancy and neuromyelitis optica
title_short Pregnancy and neuromyelitis optica
title_full Pregnancy and neuromyelitis optica
title_fullStr Pregnancy and neuromyelitis optica
title_full_unstemmed Pregnancy and neuromyelitis optica
title_sort pregnancy and neuromyelitis optica
publisher Tianjin Huanhu Hospital
series Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
issn 1672-6731
publishDate 2016-10-01
description <p>Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating disease, which mainly affects the optic nerve and spinal cord. It is common in the women of child-bearing age. The disease may suffer the effects of cytokines during pregnancy, but at present the relationship between pregnancy and NMO remains unclear, and the treatment of NMO during pregnancy remains controversial. It still needs further study to guide clinical practice.</p><p> </p><p><strong>DOI: </strong>10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2016.10.005</p>
topic Neuromyelitis optica
Pregnancy
Review
url http://www.cjcnn.org/index.php/cjcnn/article/view/1483
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