title: [Diagnostic criteria for neuromyelitisoptica spectrum disorders].
abstract: The review is devoted to revised international diagnostic criteria for neuromyelitisoptica spectrum disorders (NMOSD).Current diagnostic criteria allow NMOSD diagnosis not only for serum aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G antibodies (AQP4-IgG)-seropositive patients but for AQP4-IgG-seronegative patients as well. New criteria are expected to make NMOSD diagnosis earlier and more accurate as well as to facilitate the differentiation with multiple sclerosis. Furthermore, unify international criteria should help to perform comparable epidemiologic studies and clinical trials of new drugs for NMOSD.
authors.affiliation: Privolzskyi Federal Medical Research Center, Nizhniy Novgorod.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Belova
authors.affiliation: Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Center for demyelination diseases 'Neuroclinic', Moscow.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Bojko
authors.affiliation: Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Nizhniy Novgorod.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Belova
mesh_terms: D051401:Aquaporin 4 / Q000032:analysis*; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis*; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D009471:Neuromyelitis Optica / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D051401:Aquaporin 4; D001323:Autoantibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G