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Devic's disease
(redirected from Devic's syndrome)

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De·vic's disease (d-vks, d-)
n.
See neuromyelitis optica.
Devic's disease
[dəvēks′]
Etymology: Eugène Devic, French physician, 1869-1930
combined, but not usually clinically simultaneous, demyelination of the optic nerve and the spinal cord, marked by diminution of vision and sometimes blindness, flaccid paralysis of the extremities, and sensory and genitourinary disturbances. See also multiple sclerosis.


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Devic's syndrome is a rare, autoimmune, demyelinating, central nervous system disorder, often difficult to distinguish from other neurologic syndromes.
Neuro-1. A rare case of Devic's syndrome in a 60 year-old female by Hannah, William N. / Southern Medical Journal
Neuromyelitis optica or Devic's syndrome is an uncommon neurological illness characterized by optic neuropathy and myelopathy.
PSY5 Neuromyelitis optica. (Psychiatry and Neurology) by Southern Medical Journal
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