‘Noteomielite’ accompanied by acute amaurosis (1844): an early case of neuromyelitis optica
So far, only very little is known about the early history of neuromyelitis optica (Devic's syndrome). Here, we discuss a then widely recognized but now forgotten 1844 report by the Genoese physician Giovanni Battista Pescetto (1806-1884) on a 42-year-old man, who simultaneously developed acute...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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Journal of the neurological sciences
Year: 2011, Volume: 313, Issue: 1, Pages: 182-184 |
| ISSN: | 1878-5883 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jns.2011.09.025 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022510X11005879 Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2011.09.025 
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| Author Notes: | S. Jarius, B. Wildemann |
| Summary: | So far, only very little is known about the early history of neuromyelitis optica (Devic's syndrome). Here, we discuss a then widely recognized but now forgotten 1844 report by the Genoese physician Giovanni Battista Pescetto (1806-1884) on a 42-year-old man, who simultaneously developed acute amaurosis and cervical myelitis. Pescetto's report represents the earliest account of a case of neuromyelitis optica in the Western literature known so far. |
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| Item Description: | Available online 10 October 2011 Gesehen am 15.08.2018 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1878-5883 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jns.2011.09.025 |