Treatment of acute relapses in neuromyelitis optica: Steroids alone versus steroids plus plasma exchange.

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Published in Mult Scler on April 28, 2015

Authors

Hesham Abboud1, Alex Petrak2, Maureen Mealy3, Sarana Sasidharan3, Laila Siddique3, Michael Levy3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic, USA/Department of Neurology, University of Alexandria, Egypt abboudh@ccf.org.
2: Department of Neuroscience, Ohio State University, USA.
3: Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Treatment Response Among Chinese Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders (Momentum) | NCT04101058

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