First documented case of Devic's neuromyelitis optica in Niger
Journal of African Clinical Cases and Reviews/Journal Africain des Cas Cliniques et Revues
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1(1): 18-20, 2017. ilus
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ABSTRACT
Devic's neuromyelitis optica is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that mainly affects spinal cord, optic nerve and brain regions with high aquaporin 4 antigen expression. We report the first documented case of Devic's neuromyelitis optica in Niger. It was a 66-year-old black man who had presented a rapidly progressive flaccid tetraplegia associated with vesico-sphincteral disorders, in whom magnetic resonance imaging had shown longitudinally extensive transverse cervical myelitis with positive anti-NMO antibodies
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AIM (África)
Asunto principal:
Cuadriplejía
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Imagen por Resonancia Magnética
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Neuromielitis Óptica
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Niger
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Journal Africain des Cas Cliniques et Revues
Año:
2017
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