Publications by authors named "Meltem Yıldız Kayaoglu"
Mult Scler Relat Disord
March 2022
Article Synopsis
- Inflammatory demyelinating diseases affecting the central nervous system in children include conditions like ADEM, MS, NMOSD, and MOGAD, which can be hard to differentiate and may go undiagnosed for a long time.
- Researchers evaluated biomarkers, particularly focusing on urinary neopterin and its levels in pediatric MS compared to other groups, finding that pMS patients had significantly higher urinary neopterin concentrations.
- A specific urinary neopterin level (>167.75 µmol/mol creatinine) could effectively distinguish pediatric MS patients from healthy controls, showing a good sensitivity of 71% and specificity of 90%.
