TY - GEN AU - Bonnan,Mickael AU - Valentino,Rudy AU - Debeugny,Stéphane AU - Merle,Harold AU - Fergé,Jean-Louis AU - Mehdaoui,Hossein AU - Cabre,Philippe TI - Short delay to initiate plasma exchange is the strongest predictor of outcome in severe attacks of NMO spectrum disorders SN - 1468-330X PY - 2019///0708 KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Aquaporin 4 KW - immunology KW - Autoantibodies KW - Combined Modality Therapy KW - Early Medical Intervention KW - Female KW - Glucocorticoids KW - therapeutic use KW - Humans KW - Male KW - Methylprednisolone KW - Middle Aged KW - Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein KW - Neuromyelitis Optica KW - Optic Neuritis KW - Plasma Exchange KW - methods KW - Retrospective Studies KW - Severity of Illness Index KW - Time-to-Treatment KW - statistics & numerical data KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Young Adult N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article UR - https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2017-316286 ER -