Isolated recurrent myelitis in a 7-year-old child with serum aquaporin-4 IgG antibodies

J Neurol. 2017 Jan;264(1):179-181. doi: 10.1007/s00415-016-8332-8. Epub 2016 Nov 14.

Authors

Andrea Bianchi¹, Emanuele Bartolini², Federico Melani², Renzo Guerrini², Mario Mascalchi^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Neuroradiology Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital Florence, Florence, Italy.
² Neurology Unit and Laboratories, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
³ Neuroradiology Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital Florence, Florence, Italy. mario.mascalchi@unifi.it.
⁴ "Mario Serio" Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139, Florence, Italy. mario.mascalchi@unifi.it.

PMID: 27844163
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-016-8332-8

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aquaporin 4 / immunology*
Autoantibodies / blood*
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / blood*
Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use
Myelitis / blood
Myelitis / diagnostic imaging
Myelitis / drug therapy
Myelitis / immunology*
Neuromyelitis Optica / blood
Neuromyelitis Optica / diagnostic imaging
Neuromyelitis Optica / drug therapy
Neuromyelitis Optica / immunology*
Rituximab / therapeutic use
Spinal Cord / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Cord / drug effects

Substances

AQP4 protein, human
Aquaporin 4
Autoantibodies
Immunoglobulin G
Immunologic Factors
Rituximab