Neuromyelitis Optica (Devic Disease; Devic's 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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