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boxed-textWingerchuk DM et al. (2006) Revised diagnostic criteria for neuromyelitis optica. Neurology 66: 1485–1489

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  1. B Hemmer is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany,
    Bernhard Hemmer
  2. O Stüve is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX, USA.,
    Olaf Stüve

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Hemmer, B., Stüve, O. Revised criteria for neuromyelitis optica—a new diagnostic standard?.Nat Rev Neurol 3, 132–133 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0420

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