1.
Arch Neurol
; 68(8): 1086; author reply 1086-7, 2011 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21825252
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Pract Neurol
; 9(6): 335-40, 2009 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19923113
ABSTRACT
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO), also known as Devic's disease, is an emerging clinical and pathological entity originally thought to be a variant of multiple sclerosis. Characterised by episodes of demyelination confined to the optic nerve and spinal cord, the discovery in such patients of antibodies to the aquaporin-4 channel has been largely responsible for defining the phenotype to date. Recently it has become clear that there is a borderland where there are patients with optic neuritis-only and myelitis-only forms of the disease, and these may be seronegative in the early phase. We describe two cases of optic neuritis-only NMO, and explore the current understanding of the diagnosis and spectrum of NMO disorders.