title: Japanese optic-spinal MS: is it MS or neuromyelitis optica and does the answer dictate treatment?
authors.forename: Brian G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Weinshenker
authors.forename: Dean M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Wingerchuk
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000473:pathology*; D009471:Neuromyelitis Optica / Q000473:pathology*; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000503:physiopathology*