Connexin 43 Astrocytopathy Linked to Rapidly Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica

• Katsuhisa Masaki,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Satoshi O. Suzuki,

  Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Takuya Matsushita,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Takeshi Matsuoka,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Shihoko Imamura,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Ryo Yamasaki,

  Affiliation Department of Neurological Therapeutics, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Makiko Suzuki,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

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• Toshihiko Suenaga,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Tenri Hospital, Tenri, Japan

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• Toru Iwaki,

  Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Jun-Ichi Kira

  * E-mail: kira@neuro.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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