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What is your treatment approach to neurological Sjogrens disease with both peripheral neuropathy and transverse myelitis?

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Neurology · Brigham and Women's Hospital

For transverse myelitis associated with Sjogren syndrome, many (if not the majority) test positive also for anti-AQP4 antibody. This is different from other autoimmune disorders such as Behcet in which the patients usually are seronegative. Therefore, I usually treat with rituximab for myelitis. As ...

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