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A case of neuromyelitis optica developing into myelitis 25 years after optic neuritis

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Mikihide Ogasawara, Keigo Shikishima & Tsutomu Sakai

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

    Mineo Takagi

  3. Department of Neurology, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Ishikawa, Japan

    Keiko Tanaka

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan

    Mikihide Ogasawara

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Ogasawara, M., Shikishima, K., Sakai, T. et al. A case of neuromyelitis optica developing into myelitis 25 years after optic neuritis. Jpn J Ophthalmol 54, 372–373 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10384-010-0818-9

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