Clinical data of patients with NMO and controls
| Neuromyelitis Optica | Controls | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Sex | Age at MRS (yr) | CSF | Disease Duration (mo) | Relapses | No. | Sex | Age at MRS (yr) | |||||
| Cells/μL | Eosinophils, Neutrophils | Oligoclonal Bands | Total | LETM | ON | Brain Lesion | |||||||
| 1 | F | 17.0 | 181 | Yes | Negative | 32 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | F | 17.0 |
| 2 | F | 28.5 | 52 | Yes | Positive | 95 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | F | 28.5 |
| 3 | F | 38.5 | 147 | Yes | Negative | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | F | 40.0 |
| 4 | F | 42.0 | 17 | – | Negative | 60 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | F | 42.0 |
| 5 | F | 51.0 | 3 | – | Negative | 67 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | F | 51.0 |
| 6 | F | 63.5 | 18 | – | Positive | 123 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | F | 65.0 |
| 7 | F | 65.5 | 44 | Yes | Negative | 54 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | F | 63.0 |
| 8 | M | 64.5 | 59 | – | Negative | 54 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | M | 64.0 |
Note:—MRS indicates MR spectroscopy; LETM, longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis; ON, optic neuritis; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid.