http://ideas.eyeconx.net/story.php?title=improved-diagnosis-and-potential-treatment-of-neuromyelitis-optica Mayo Clinic researchers have identified critical steps leading to myelin destruction in neuromyelitis optica (NMO), a debilitating neurological disease that is commonly misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis (MS). NMO is an inflammatory autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that damages the optic nerves and spinal cord, causing vision loss, weakness, numbness and, sometimes, arm and leg par... Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:54:56 EST en