%0 Journal Article
%T Utilidad de anticuerpos antiacuaporinas 4 en el diagn¨®stico de neuromielitis ¨®ptica
%A Mart¨ªnez Villota
%A Viviana Alexandra
%J Acta Neurol¨®gica Colombiana
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X neuromyelitis optica or devic syndrome is a severe demyelinating syndrome. this entity although of low prevalence represents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, especially at the moment of differentiation with multiple sclerosis. with the discovery of aquaporin-4 specific serum autoantibody, in the pathophysiology of this syndrome, we have expanded the tools to make a diagnosis with greater certainty and identify options for treatment. here is an update of the literature regarding its role in the diagnosis and treatment of neuromyelitis optica.
%K neuromyelitis optica
%K aquaporin-4
%K aquaporin-4 specific serum autoantibody
%K demyelinating diseases
%K optic neuritis
%K transverse mielitis.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0120-87482011000300007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en