Advances in the study of the relationship between optic neuromyelitis and clostridium perfringens

• Published in: Jie Fang Jun Yi Xue Za Zhi Vol. 44; no. 5; p. 430
• Main Authors: QI, Fei, Qin-fang, XIE, Li-hua, MA, Cai-cai, BAO, Yan-xia, NIU, Man-xia, WANG
• Format: Book Review
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Beijing People's Military Medical Press 01.01.2019
• Subjects: Dogs; Pathogenesis

Neuromyelitis optica is an autoimmune astrocytopathy of the central nervous system mainly characterized by recurrent episodes of optic neuritis and acute transverse myelitis. Although the exact etiology and pathogenesis of NMO remain to be established, complex interactions between genetic and enviro...