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19798642

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-10-14
pubmed:abstractText
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is presumably mediated by an autoantibody against aquaporin-4 densely expressed at the blood-brain barrier. In 18 patients with NMO, brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings were systematically reviewed. Brain MRI abnormalities were found for 89% of the patients, and the most prominent feature was "cloud-like enhancement," multiple patchy enhancing lesions with blurred margin, found in 90% of the patients with positive contrast enhancement. In NMO, brain MRI abnormalities are frequent, and cloud-like enhancement appears to be an MRI finding specific to NMO, possibly caused by primary involvement of the blood-brain barrier by the autoantibodies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1531-8249
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
66
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
425-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
"Cloud-like enhancement" is a magnetic resonance imaging abnormality specific to neuromyelitis optica.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. sito@faculty.chiba-u.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study