Neuromyelitis optica in Austria in 2011: to bridge the gap between neuroepidemiological research and practice in a study population of 8.4 million people.

<h4>Background</h4>In 2008 the Austrian Task Force for Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) started a nation-wide network for information exchange and multi-centre collaboration. Their aim was to detect all patients with NMO or NMO spectrum disorders (NMO-SD) in Austria and to analyse their diseas...

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Main Authors: Fahmy Aboul-Enein, Thomas Seifert-Held, Simone Mader, Bettina Kuenz, Andreas Lutterotti, Helmut Rauschka, Paulus Rommer, Fritz Leutmezer, Karl Vass, Agathe Flamm-Horak, Robert Stepansky, Wilfried Lang, Elisabeth Fertl, Thomas Schlager, Thomas Heller, Christian Eggers, Georg Safoschnik, Siegrid Fuchs, Jörg Kraus, Hamid Assar, Stefan Guggenberger, Martin Reisz, Peter Schnabl, Martina Komposch, Philipp Simschitz, Alena Skrobal, Alexander Moser, Mario Jeschow, Dorothea Stadlbauer, Manfred Freimüller, Michael Guger, Susanne Schmidegg, Claudia Franta, Vera Weiser, Stefan Koppi, Margret Niederkorn-Duft, Bettina Raber, Iris Schmeissner, Julia Jecel, Alexander Tinchon, Maria K Storch, Markus Reindl, Thomas Berger, Wolfgang Kristoferitsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24223985/pdf/?tool=EBI