ICNC2018 Abstracts & Symposia Proposals, ICNC 2014

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Spectrum of MOG autoantibody-associated demyelinating diseases in pediatric patients
Silvia Noemi Tenembaum, Patrick Waters, Maria Isabel Leite, Mark R. Woodhall, Juan P. Princich, Martin Jose Segura, María Elena Talarico, Marina Szlago, Angela Vincent

Building: Bourbon Cataratas Convention Centre, Foz do Iguaçu
Room: Cataratas I
Date: 2014-05-06 04:00 PM – 04:15 PM
Last modified: 2014-02-09

Abstract


Background: Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) has been a candidate target antigen in acquired demyelinating diseases of the CNS. The presence of MOG antibodies has been described in children with different demyelinating syndromes. Objective: to describe clinical spectrum of children seropositive for MOG IgG antibodies, clinically identified at a single centre in Buenos Aires. Methods: Between 2009 and 2012 serum and CSF samples collected from 105 consecutive children with an acute CNS inflammatory/demyelinating event were sent to Oxford for AQP4-IgG and MOG-IgG antibody testing, by immunofluorescence on live HEK cells transfected with either human M23-Aquaporin-4 or human MOG. Clinical and MRI features of MOG-IgG seropositive children were reviewed and their disease classified using 2013 consensus definitions. Results: Twenty-five patients (24%) were positive for MOG-IgG antibodies and negative for IgG-AQP4, 13 were boys (52%) and median age at onset was 7 years (1.75-16).  Longitudinal myelitis was identified in 19 (76%) children; thalamic involvement in 15 (60%); and tumefactive brainstem lesions in 13 (52%). Using the classification, nine children had NMOSD, nine had ADEM, four had optic neuritis, two a brainstem syndrome, and one an acute myelopathy. Ten (40%) children relapsed and seven of them were treated with azathioprine. Longitudinal analysis of available samples showed persisting MOG-IgG in 10/12 children. Conclusion: These results suggest that the presence of MOG antibodies may help define a subgroup of children with acquired demyelinating diseases. The heterogeneity of these children suggests that spectrum of an antibody mediated disease is not necessarily restricted to a single clinical phenotype.


Keywords


Acute demyelinating events; autoimmune inflammatory disorders; ADEM; neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders; optic neuritis; acute myelopathy; pediatric MOG-IgG autoimmunity

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