Naïve B cells followed by aquaporin-4 antibodies characterise the onset of neuromyelitis optica: evidence from stem cell transplantation

Affiliations

• ¹ Paediatric Immunology, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital Trusts, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
• ² Department of Paediatrics, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
• ³ Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
• ⁴ Department of Neurology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
• ⁵ Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
• ⁶ Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
• ⁷ Department of Paediatric Neurology, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
• ⁸ Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK [email protected].