Diseases

Neuromyelitis Optica

A syndrome characterized by acute OPTIC NEURITIS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; demyelinating and/or necrotizing lesions in the OPTIC NERVES and SPINAL CORD; and presence of specific autoantibodies to AQUAPORIN 4.

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A syndrome characterized by acute OPTIC NEURITIS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; demyelinating and/or necrotizing lesions in the OPTIC NERVES and SPINAL CORD; and presence of specific autoantibodies to AQUAPORIN 4.

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23 entry terms
  • Devic Disease
  • Devic Neuromyelitis Optica
  • Devic Syndrome
  • Devic's Disease
  • Devic's Neuromyelitis Optica
  • Devic's Syndrome
  • NMO Spectrum Disorder
  • Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Spectrum Disorder
  • Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Spectrum Disorders
  • Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
  • Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders
  • Devic Neuromyelitis Opticas
  • Devics Disease
  • Devics Neuromyelitis Optica
  • Devics Syndrome
  • Disease, Devic
  • Disease, Devic's
  • NMO Spectrum Disorders
  • Neuromyelitis Optica, Devic
  • Neuromyelitis Optica, Devic's
  • Neuromyelitis Opticas, Devic
  • Syndrome, Devic
  • Syndrome, Devic's

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

1991(1975); use DEMYELINATING DISEASES 1979-1990, use MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS 1963-1978 ; for DEVIC DISEASE use DEVIC'S DISEASE 1997

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Neuromyelitis Optica. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009471. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009471
  2. Neuromyelitis Optica. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromyelitis_optica_spectrum_disorder
  3. Neuromyelitis Optica. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611458