Article type: Letter to Editor
Article
title: Core clinical characteristics of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder mnemonic
Journal: Indian
Journal of Medical Specialities
Year: 2020
Authors: Jamir Pitton Rissardo, Ana Letícia Fornari
Caprara
E-mail: jamirrissardo@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The area postrema is one of the circumventricular organs which are organs with highly permeable capillaries. It allows this structure of the medulla oblongata is able to function as a sensor for circulating chemical messengers as well as integrating neural inputs in the brain stem. The area postrema is well known as the part of the brain stem that controls vomiting.
Keywords: neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, area postrema, mnemonic
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DOI
10.4103/INJMS.INJMS_140_19
Citation
Rissardo
JP, Caprara AL. Core clinical characteristics of neuromyelitis optica spectrum
disorder mnemonic. Indian J Med Spec 2020;11:47-8
