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ReviewJournal of neurology2023

Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD): current understanding and challenges.

Abdullah Al-Ani, John J Chen, Fiona Costello

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Review in Journal of neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
15.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgery: a case report.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  8. MOGAD Is the Most Common Cause of Isolated Optic Neuritis in Children.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2026
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  10. Successful treatment with efgartigimod as rescue therapy in acute attack of MOGAD: a case report.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Abdullah Al-AniSection of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. aalani@ucalgary.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5057-7033
John J ChenDepartment of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Fiona CostelloSection of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
University of Calgary · CAMayo Clinic in Arizona · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New diagnostic criteria for myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) have recently been proposed, distinguishing this syndrome from other inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system. Seropositivity status for MOG-IgG autoantibodies is important for diagnosing MOGAD, but only in the context of robust clinical characterization and cautious interpretation of neuroimaging. Over the last several years, access to cell-based assay (CBA) techniques has improved diagnostic accuracy, yet the positive predictive value of serum MOG-IgG values varies with the prevalence of MOGAD in any given patient population. For this reason, possible alternative diagnoses need to be considered, and low MOG-IgG titers need to be carefully weighted. In this review, cardinal clinical features of MOGAD are discussed. Key challenges to the current understanding of MOGAD are also highlighted, including uncertainty regarding the specificity and pathogenicity of MOG autoantibodies, the need to identify immunopathologic targets for future therapies, the quest to validate biomarkers that facilitate diagnosis and detect disease activity, and the importance of deciphering which patients with MOGAD require long-term immunotherapy.

Indexed as

AutoantibodiesNeuromyelitis OpticaAquaporin 4Central Nervous SystemHumansImmunoglobulin GImmunotherapyMyelin-Oligodendrocyte GlycoproteinAquaporin 4AutoantibodiesImmunoglobulin GMyelin-Oligodendrocyte GlycoproteinInflammatory demyelinating diseases (IDDs)MOG-IgGMyelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD)NeurologyNeuro-ophthalmologyOphthalmology

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PMID37154894
PMCPMC10165591
OpenAlexW4375955219

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