1 Accepted Manuscript Accepted Manuscript (Uncorrected Proof) Title: The Serum Level of Midkine in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Opticarunning title: Midkine Level In MS and NMO Running Authors: Milad Moayednia 1 , Leila Dehghani 2 *, Amir Safi 1 , Vahid Shaygannejad 1 , Karim Sohrabi 1 , Majid Rezvani 3 , Mojgan Soghrati 1 , Mohammad Mahdi Aboutalebi 1 , Mahdi Barzegar 1 1 Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Alzahra Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 2 Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3 Department of Neurosurgery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Corresponding author: Dr. Leila Dehghani Email: leiladehghani@azh.mui.ac.ir Telefax: +983136201250 Co-corresponding authors: Amir Safi Email: st-safi.a@skums.ac.ir Telefax: +983136201250 To appear in: Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Received date: 2018/08/15 Revised date: 2019/04/13 Accepted date: 2019/02/25 This is a “Just Accepted” manuscript, which has been examined by the peer -review process and has been accepted for publication. A “Just Accepted” manuscript is published online