Comprehensive review of neuromyelitis optica and clinical characteristics of neuromyelitis optica patients in Puerto Rico
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[Clinical overview of neuromyelitis optica].
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a condition characterized by attacks of severe bilateral optic neuritis and myelitis. Historically, the prototypic syndrome was diagnosed only when these symptoms occurred nearly simultaneously as a monophasic illness. However, a contemporary view acknowledges that most commonly this condition is a relapsing disorder characterized by recurrent attacks, usually of u...
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عنوان ژورنال: Surgical Neurology International
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2152-7806
DOI: 10.4103/sni.sni_224_18