title: Spinal cord atrophy in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders.
abstract: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSDs) is an immune mediated inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) and often displays a monophasic or relapsing-remitting course. Spinal cord lesions is one of the predominant characteristics in NMOSD. Assessment of spinal cord atrophy (SCA) is of growing interest in monitoring disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS), and correlates closely with the neurological disability. However, the studies of the SCA in NMOSD are still scarce. In this review, we describe the recent progress about the SCA in NMOSD, mainly the NMOSD with spinal cord lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Wei fang Medical University, Weifang, China. Electronic address: wffywyq2006@126.com.
authors.forename: Yanqiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Yuge
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Sa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Zhengqi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009471:Neuromyelitis Optica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: Anti-aquaporin-4 Antibody; Cord atrophy; Cord lesions; Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis; Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders