Comorbidities and Neuromyelitis Optica - Spectrum Diseases : What are the current Data ?
Journal of African Clinical Cases and Reviews/Journal Africain des Cas Cliniques et Revues
; 1(1): 3-6, 2017. tab
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ABSTRACT
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO-SD) or Devic disease is an acute transverse myelitis associated with an optic neuritis united -or bilateral. It is an inflammatory disease very disabling evolving by thrust. The long-term prognosis is also difficult to predict due to comorbidities which determine the evolution and the quality of life of patients. The objective of our study was to determine the different types of co-morbidities found in patients with NMO -SD.Methods:
It was a descriptive study through a review of the literature on PubMed with the combination (Neuromyelitis optica, comorbidity). The data analysis was made on the software SPSS 23Results:
Total 27 articles were published and available on PubMed (June 2017). Among these 27 work we included ten (10) specific studies of co-morbidities in the NMO-SD. Three categories of illnesses have been reported in these 10 articles including coexisting diseases with the NMO-SD without any risk factor common or similar
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Database:
AIM
Main subject:
Senegal
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Comorbidity
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Neuromyelitis Optica
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Review
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
En
Journal:
Journal Africain des Cas Cliniques et Revues
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article