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Devic's disease
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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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Martin Kane, 41, was hospitalised a year ago when he was left paralysed by the rare disease Devic's Syndrome and suffered a lifetime of multiple sclerosis symptoms in one night.
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