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01.12.2012 | Oral presentation
Clinically isolated syndrome in collagen diseases; approaches and treatments
verfasst von:
Kazumasa Yokoyama, Nobutaka Hattori
Erschienen in:
Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Sonderheft 1/2012
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Excerpt
Acute isolated neurological syndromes, such as optic neuropathy or transverse myelopathy, may cause diagnostic problems since they can be the first presentations in a number of demyelinating disorders including multiple sclerosis (MS) and collagen diseases. However, clinical presentation and lesions evidenced by magnetic resonance imaging may be similar. Collagen disease coexists in demyelinating disorders and frequently various collagen disease related autoantibodies are positive in daily practice. …