Publications by authors named "Mar Mendibe"
Family planning is essential for establishing Multiple Sclerosis (MS) prognosis, treatment decision, and disease monitoring. We aimed to generate an expert consensus addressing recommendations for family planning in MS patients of childbearing age. Initially, a committee comprising seven neurologists, experts in the MS field, identified the topics to be addressed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To assess potential predictors for burden and depression among caregivers of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients in Spain. Family functioning and social support were also assessed.
Patients & Methods: Multicenter and cross-sectional study in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis adult patients and their respective informal caregivers (n = 180).
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: Comparison according to the phenotype and serostatus.
Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm
June 2016
Objective: To (1) determine the value of the recently proposed criteria of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) spectrum disorder (NMOSD) that unify patients with NMO and those with limited forms (NMO/LF) with aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G (AQP4-IgG) antibodies; and (2) investigate the clinical significance of the serologic status in patients with NMO.
Methods: This was a retrospective, multicenter study of 181 patients fulfilling the 2006 NMO criteria (n = 127) or NMO/LF criteria with AQP4-IgG (n = 54). AQP4-IgG and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein immunoglobulin G (MOG-IgG) antibodies were tested using cell-based assays.
Objective: The aim of this study is to report the clinical profile and outcome of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM).
Methods: We prospectively studied adult patients who presented with LETM from January 2008 to December 2011. Information on demographic, clinical course, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and outcome was collected.