Neuromyelitis Optica in Children: A Rare Entity | ||
| Journal of Pediatric Perspectives | ||
| مقاله 18، دوره 5، شماره 11 - شماره پیاپی 47، بهمن 2017، صفحه 6145-6149 اصل مقاله (580.62 K) | ||
| شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22038/ijp.2017.25821.2202 | ||
| نویسندگان | ||
| Shamsuddin Hassan1؛ Shyam Mina* 2؛ Shobha Sharma3؛ Ajay Kumar3؛ Rhea Shriyan4 | ||
| 1DNB, Pediatrician, Department of Pediatric, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India. | ||
| 2Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India. | ||
| 3Professor, Department of Pediatrics, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India. | ||
| 4Post Graduate Resident, Department of Pediatrics, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India. | ||
| چکیده | ||
| Neuromyelitis optica (also known as Devic's disease or Devic's syndrome) is an uncommon disorder in pediatric age group, and is characterized by acute or subacute optic neuritis and transverse myelitis. Here we report an 11- year- old female child with relapsing Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) confirmed by positive NMO- IgG antibody and had clinical recovery with high dose methyl prednisolone therapy. | ||
| کلیدواژهها | ||
| Children؛ Neuromyelitis optica؛ Optic neuritis؛ Transverse myelitis | ||
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