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. 2012 Jul 24;6:65–72. doi: 10.2174/1874364101206010065

Table 5.

Diagnostic Criteria for NMO [8,22]

Absolute criteria:

  • Optic Neuritis

  • Acute myelitis

Supportive criteria:

  • Brain MRI not meeting diagnostic criteria for MS

  • Spinal cord MRI that has T2 signal abnormalities extending over three or more vertebral segments

  • NMO-IgG seropositive status