Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38863307›Full record

ArticleEuropean journal of neurology2024

A comparative study of hypothalamic involvement in patients with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, and multiple sclerosis.

Wenjing Luo, Xiaonan Zhong, Shishi Shen, Ling Fang, Yiying Huang, Yuge Wang, Wei Qiu

Abstract readComparative Study
In one paragraph

Article in European journal of neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Sexual dysfunction in multiple sclerosis: the role of orexin-A and calpain-2 - a pilot study.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Wenjing LuoDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Xiaonan ZhongDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Shishi ShenDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Ling FangDepartment of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Yiying HuangDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4173-4628
Yuge WangDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Wei QiuDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0880-958X

Funding

Guangxi Science and Technology Base and Talent Special Project AD23026150National Natural Science Foundation of China 81971140National Natural Science Foundation of China 82301525
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeWe aimed to characterize hypothalamic involvement in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) and compare it with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) and multiple sclerosis (MS).

methodsA retrospective study was performed to identify hypothalamic lesions in patients diagnosed with MOGAD, NMOSD, or MS from January 2013 to May 2020. The demographic, clinical, and radiological features were recorded. Hypothalamic dysfunction and prognosis were assessed through physical examination, biochemical testing, sleep monitoring, and magnetic resonance imaging.

resultsHypothalamic lesions were observed in seven of 96 patients (7.3%) with MOGAD, 34 of 536 (6.3%) with NMOSD, and 16 of 356 (4.5%) with MS (p = 0.407). The time from disease onset to development of hypothalamic lesions was shortest in MOGAD (12 months). The frequency of bilateral hypothalamic lesions was the lowest in MOGAD (p = 0.008). The rate of hypothalamic dysfunction in MOGAD was 28.6%, which was lower than that in NMOSD (70.6%) but greater than that in MS patients (18.8%; p = 0.095 and p = 0.349, respectively). Hypothalamic dysfunction in MOGAD manifests as hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction and hypersomnia. The proportion of complete regression of hypothalamic lesions in MOGAD (100%) was much greater than that in NMOSD (41.7%) and MS patients (18.2%; p = 0.007 and p = 0.001, respectively). An improvement in hypothalamic dysfunction was observed in all MOGAD patients after immunotherapy.

conclusionsMOGAD patients have a relatively high incidence of asymptomatic hypothalamic lesions. The overall prognosis of patients with hypothalamic involvement is good in MOGAD, as the lesions completely resolve, and dysfunction improves after immunotherapy.

Indexed as

HypothalamusMultiple SclerosisMyelin-Oligodendrocyte GlycoproteinNeuromyelitis OpticaAdolescentAdultAutoantibodiesChildFemaleHumansHypothalamic DiseasesMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesYoung AdultAutoantibodiesMyelin-Oligodendrocyte GlycoproteinhypothalamusMRImultiple sclerosismyelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody‐associated diseaseneuromyelitis optica

Identifiers

PMID38863307
PMCPMC11295172

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.