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Table 5 Brain MRI features at onset between NMOSD with and without CTD

From: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders with and without connective tissue disorders

 

NMOSD (39)

NMOSD with CTD (18)

P

Brain lesions, n (%)

14 (35.9%)

9 (50.0%)

0.313

 Brain lobes

5 (12.8%)

5 (27.8%)

0.315

 Basal ganglia

0 (0)

3 (16.7%)

 Hypothalamic and thalamic

1 (2.6%)

0 (0)

 Callosum

0 (0)

1 (5.6%)

 Midbrain

1 (2.6%)

1 (5.6%)

1.000

 Pons

1 (2.6%)

0 (0)

 Medulla oblongata

8 (20.5%)

2 (11.1%)

0.622

 Area postrema

8 (20.5%)

2 (11.1%)

0.622

  1. Abbreviations: NMOSD neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders, CTD connective tissue disorders