Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients

Number of participants	15
Sex ratio (men: women)	1:14
Age at enrollment (years)	47 (14; 19–63)
Age at disease onset	38 (15; 15–58)
Duration of disease (years)	9 (10; 1–34)
Diagnosis
Neuromyelitis optica	12
Relapsing optic neuritis	1
Relapsing transverse myelitis	2
Aquaporin 4 antibody positivity	13
Coexisting autoimmune diseases
Connective tissue disease	2
Hypothyroidism	1
Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy	1
Annualized relapse rates	1.1 (0.9; 0.3–4.0)
Expanded disability status scale score	4.9 (2.1; 2.5–8.5)

Data are n or mean (SD; range).