Cerebrospinal fluid findings in patients with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibodies. Part 2: Results from 108 lumbar punctures in 80 pediatric patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

New-generation, cell-based assays have demonstrated a robust association of serum autoantibodies to full-length human myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG-IgG) with (mostly recurrent) optic neuritis, myelitis, and brainstem encephalitis, as well as with neuromyelitis optica (NMO)-like or acute-disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)-like presentations. However, only limited data are yet available on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings in MOG-IgG-associated encephalomyelitis (MOG-EM; also termed MOG antibody-associated disease, MOGAD).

Objective

To describe systematically the CSF profile in children with MOG-EM.

Material and methods

Cytological and biochemical findings (including white cell counts [WCC] and differentiation; frequency and patterns of oligocl

SUBMITTER: Jarius S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7470445 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature