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Factors Associated With Disability Improvement and Worsening Independent of Attacks in Patients With AQP4-IgG+ NMOSD and MOGAD: A Multicenter Cohort Study

Factors Associated With Disability Improvement and Worsening Independent of Attacks in Patients With AQP4-IgG+ NMOSD and MOGAD: A Multicenter Cohort Study

Journal: Neurology; July 2, 2026

Author(s): Daniel Engels, Patrick Schindler, Joachim Havla, Katinka Fischer, Marius Ringelstein, Martin W Hümmert, Franziska Bütow, Insa Schiffmann, Charlotte Schubert, Judith Bellmann-Strobl, Katrin Giglhuber, Clarissa Zappe, Sven Jarius, Lisa Revie , Carolin Schwake, Ioannis Vardakas, Florian Then Bergh, Yavor Yalachkov, Annette Walter, Leila Husseini, Markus C Kowarik, Matthias Grothe, Antonios Bayas, Klemens Angstwurm, Steffen Pfeuffer, Uwe K Zettl, Ingo Kleiter, Clemens Warnke, Simone C Tauber, Jonathan Wickel, Makbule Senel, Ilya Ayzenberg, Luisa Klotz, Brigitte Wildemann, Achim Berthele, Vivien Häußler, Corinna Trebst, Orhan Aktas, Friedemann Paul, Tania Kümpfel ; as the Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group (NEMOS)

Understanding how disability may worsen or improve between relapses in patients with NMOSD and MOGAD


Current evidence and knowledge gaps in family planning and pregnancy in myasthenia gravis, NMOSD, and MOGAD

Current evidence and knowledge gaps in family planning and pregnancy in myasthenia gravis, NMOSD, and MOGAD

Journal: The Lancet Neurology; March 1, 2026

Author(s): Dalia L Rotstein, Raed Alroughani, Georgina Arrambide, Edgar Carnero Contentti, Mashina Chomba, Kazuo Fujihara, Nils E Gilhus, Riadh Gouider, Jeannine M Heckmann, Ho Jin Kim, Hai-Feng Li, Maria Isabel Leite, Mastura Monif, Sasitorn Siritho, Sandra Thiel, Anastasia Vishnevetsky, Shanthi Viswanathan, Sandra Vukusic, Bassem Yamout, Tania Kümpfel, Kerstin Hellwig

Managing pregnancy and family planning in patients with myasthenia gravis, NMOSD, and MOGAD


Apheresis therapies in MOGAD: a retrospective study of 117 therapeutic interventions in 571 attacks 

Apheresis therapies in MOGAD: a retrospective study of 117 therapeutic interventions in 571 attacks 

Journal: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry; November 4, 2024

Author(s): Carolin Schwake, Theodoros Ladopoulos, Vivien Häußler, Ingo Kleiter, Marius Ringelstein, Orhan Aktas, Tania Kümpfel, Daniel Engels, Joachim Havla, Martin W Hümmert, Julian Reza Kretschmer, Daria Tkachenko, Corinna Trebst, Ana Beatriz Ayroza Galvão Ribeiro Gomes, Anne-Katrin Pröbstel, Mirjam Korporal-Kuhnke, Brigitte Wildemann, Sven Jarius, Refik Pul, Mosche Pompsch, Markus Krämer, Florian Then Bergh, Clemens Gödel, Patricia Schwarz, Markus C Kowarik, Paulus Stefan Rommer, Ioannis Vardakas, Makbule Senel, Alexander Winkelmann, Nele Retzlaff, Martin S Weber, Leila Husseini, Annette Walter, Patrick Schindler, Judith Bellmann-Strobl, Friedemann Paul, Ralf Gold, Ilya Ayzenberg, Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group (NEMOS)

How effective are blood-filtering treatments like plasma exchange for MOGAD?


Real-Life Evaluation of the MOGAD Diagnostic Criteria

Real-Life Evaluation of the MOGAD Diagnostic Criteria

Journal: Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation; August 19, 2025

Author(s): Sara Carta, Elia Sechi, Alessandro Dinoto, Chiara Mancinelli, Giacomo Greco, Giorgia Teresa Maniscalco Sara Cornacchini, Maria Pia Giannoccaro, Francesca Calabria, Alessandro Marziali, Stefano Masciocchi, Mario Risi, Alberto Cossu, Irene Volonghi, Gaetano Cantalupo, Marco Zoccarato, Riccardo Orlandi, Elisabetta Del Zotto, Diana Ferraro, Milena Trentinaglia, Stefano De Biase, Luisa Grazian, Francesca Caleri, Maria Rachele Bianchi, Patrizia Rossi, Eleonora Virgilio, Marco Capobianco, Rosa Cortese, Carla Tortorella, Francesca Rossi, Giovanna De Luca, Anna Perelli, Silvia Bozzetti, Luigi Zuliani, Margherita Nosadini, Stefano Sartori, Laura Brambilla, Alberto Gajofatto, Alberto Vogrig, Luca Massacesi, Valentina Damato, Matteo Gastaldi, and Sara Mariotto

How well do the new diagnostic criteria for MOGAD work in real-life clinical practice? Results from a multi-center study in Italy


Consensus Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders (NMOSD): The MENACTRIMS Guidelines

Consensus Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders (NMOSD): The MENACTRIMS Guidelines

Journal: CNS Drugs; January 27, 2026

Author(s): Bassem Yamout, Riadh Gouider, Raed Al-Roughani, Salman Aljarallah, Nevine Shalaby, Jaber Al-Khabouri, Anu Jacob, Jihad Inshasi, Akram Mahdawi, Ahmed Shatila, Maya Zeineddine, Sarmad Al-Mashetah, Beatrice Canibano, Saeed Bohlega, Fatema Abdulla, Ilham Slassi, Aly Hassan, Sandra Ahmed, Magd Zakaria, Mohammed AlJumah, Yaser Al-Malik

How should NMOSD be diagnosed and treated in clinical practice? Guidelines for the Middle East and North Africa region