Neuromyelitis optica IgG causes placental inflammation and fetal death.

Neuromyelitis optica IgG causes placental inflammation and fetal death.

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the CNS and affects women of childbearing age. Most patients with NMO have circulating Abs, termed NMO-IgG, against the astrocytic water channel protein aquaporin-4. In the CNS, NMO-IgG causes complement-mediated astrocyte damage...

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Autores principales: Saadoun, S, Waters, P, Leite, M, Bennett, J, Vincent, A, Papadopoulos, M
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2013

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