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- Title
Neuromielitis óptica en el embarazo: reporte de un caso.
- Authors
LAURENS ACEVEDO, MICHELLE; CASTAÑEDA C., CAMILO; RUIZ DE SÁNCHEZ, CAROLINA; RUEDA, MARÍA CAMILA; ZARCO M., LUIS ALFONSO
- Abstract
The neuromyelitis optica is an autoimmune demyelinating inflammatory disease from the central nervous system that is mediated by auto-antibodies against the receptor of aquaporin 4 (Ac IgQ4). We report the case of a 23 year-old woman, in week 28 of pregnancy, with antecedent of neuromyelitis optica, who consulted by relapse of the disease with poor response to treatment with corticosteroids, reason why she received 5 sessions of plasma exchange with significant clinical improvement.
- Subjects
CNS demyelinating autoimmune diseases; AQUAPORINS; DISEASE relapse; BLOOD plasma; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Universitas Médica, 2014, Vol 55, Issue 4, p456
- ISSN
0041-9095
- Publication type
Case Study