elderly patients

Immunosuppressive therapy found effective in elderly NMOSD patients

Immunosuppressive therapy significantly reduces relapses in elderly people with late-onset neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), with more than half of patients becoming relapse-free, a retrospective study in South Korea has found. Treatment also eased or stabilized disability for most patients, without a marked risk of severe infections, and was…

Plasma exchange effective in elderly NMOSD patients: Study

Plasma exchange, a blood-cleaning procedure, is safe and helps to ease symptoms in elderly people with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), despite the presence of other health conditions. That finding is from a Chinese study that assessed the safety and efficacy of plasma exchange in elderly NMOSD patients (older…