Glial fibrillary acidic protein IgG related myelitis: characterisation and comparison with aquaporin-4-IgG myelitis

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2019 Apr;90(4):488-490. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2018-318004. Epub 2018 Jul 21.

Authors

Elia Sechi¹, P Pearse Morris², Andrew McKeon^{1

3}, Sean J Pittock^{1

3}, Shannon R Hinson³, Brian G Weinshenker¹, Allen J Aksamit¹, Karl N Krecke², Timothy J Kaufmann², Evan A Jolliffe¹, Nicholas L Zalewski¹, Anastasia Zekeridou¹, Dean M Wingerchuk⁴, Jiraporn Jitprapaikulsan^{1

3}, Eoin P Flanagan^{5

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
² Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA flanagan.eoin@mayo.edu.

PMID: 30032117
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2018-318004

No abstract available

Keywords: MRI; multiple sclerosis; myelin; myelopathy; neuroimmunology.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aquaporin 4 / immunology
Autoantibodies / immunology*
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Case-Control Studies
Female
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / immunology*
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / immunology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Myelitis / diagnostic imaging
Myelitis / immunology
Myelitis / physiopathology*
Neuromyelitis Optica / diagnostic imaging
Neuromyelitis Optica / immunology
Neuromyelitis Optica / physiopathology
Spinal Cord / diagnostic imaging
Young Adult

Substances

AQP4 protein, human
Aquaporin 4
Autoantibodies
GFAP protein, human
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
Immunoglobulin G