Imaging of neuromyelitis optica (Devic's syndrome/disease)

Roux, M.J.; Ismail, Farzanah; Lockhat, Zarina I.

dc.contributor.author	Roux, M.J.
dc.contributor.upauthor	Ismail, Farzanah
dc.contributor.upauthor	Lockhat, Zarina I.
dc.date.accessioned	2009-04-07T06:45:14Z
dc.date.available	2009-04-07T06:45:14Z
dc.date.created	2008
dc.date.issued	2009-04-07T06:45:14Z
dc.description	Poster presented at the University of Pretoria Health Sciences Faculty Day, Pretoria, South Africa, August 2008	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is also known as Devic’s disease. It is a demyelinating disease affecting the spinal cord and the optic nerves resulting in paraplegia and blindness. The disease is characterized by acute, severe transverse myelitis followed by simultaneous or sequential bilateral optic neuropathy. MRI is the investigation of choice, thus we present the MRI findings in a patient with NMO. (Case Study)	en_US
dc.format.extent	3.67MB
dc.format.medium	Color poster
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/9488
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.relation.requires	Adobe Acrobat
dc.rights	University of Pretoria	en_US
dc.subject	Devic's syndrome	en_US
dc.subject	Neuromyelitis optica	en_US
dc.subject	Imaging	en_US
dc.subject	Devic's disease	en_US
dc.subject	NMO	en_US
dc.subject	MRI	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Nervous system -- Degeneration -- Magnetic resonance imaging -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Demyelination
dc.title	Imaging of neuromyelitis optica (Devic's syndrome/disease)	en_US
dc.type	Presentation	en_US