Clinical profiles of patients
The clinical characteristics of the patients with MS, NMOSD, and ONDs are summarized in Table 1. The age, duration of disease, positivity for serum anti-AQP4 antibodies, negativity for oligoclonal bands, CSF cells, CSF protein, and Qalb were higher in patients with NMOSD than those in patients with MS. The ages of patients with ONDs were similar to those of the NMOSD patients but higher than those of MS patients. CSF cells, CSF protein, and Qalb were higher in MS and NMOSD patients compared with patients with ONDs.