Ma Jianfang, Chen Jie, Li Geng, et al. Progress in neuromyelitis optica diagnosis[J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University, 2017,42(6):690-694. DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.001280.
Neuromyelitis optica(NMO)is an acute or subacute demyelinating disease of central nervous system involving the optic nerves and spinal. Increasing number of studies prove that anti-aquaporin-4 plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of NMO
which differentiates NMO from multiple sclerosis. With the huge progress in understanding NMO in neurology
laboratory tests
clinical manifestation and pathology
diagnostic criteria of NMO was revised for increasing sensitivity and specificity. This review discusses the progress in diagnosis of neuromyelitis optica.