Table 1.

Clinical and neuroimaging findings indicative of MOG-Ab versus AQP4-Ab in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

Male sex

Caucasian ethnicity

Single attack or only a few attacks

Bilateral or recurrent optic neuritis sparing the optic chiasm

Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis involving the lumbar segment and conus medullaris

Good recovery after attacks

AQP4-Ab, aquaporin-4 antibodies; MOG-Ab, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies.

Adapted from Dos Passos et al. Neurol 2018;9:217 [16].