An early case of neuromyelitis optica: on a forgotten report by Jacob Lockhart Clarke, FRS

We discuss a forgotten report by the famous British neuroanatomist, neuropathologist and neurologist Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke (1817-1880) about a 17-year-old girl with bilateral optic neuritis and longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis. This report, which appeared in 1865, i.e. 15 years...

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Main Authors: Jarius, Sven (Author) , Wildemann, Brigitte (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: June 20, 2011
In: Multiple sclerosis journal
Year: 2011, Volume: 17, Issue: 11, Pages: 1384-1386
ISSN:1477-0970
DOI:10.1177/1352458511411758
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1177/1352458511411758
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Author Notes:S. Jarius and B. Wildemann
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Summary:We discuss a forgotten report by the famous British neuroanatomist, neuropathologist and neurologist Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke (1817-1880) about a 17-year-old girl with bilateral optic neuritis and longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis. This report, which appeared in 1865, i.e. 15 years prior to Wilhelm Erb’s much-cited paper on the coincidence of optic neuritis and acute myelitis, represents the first known account of a case of Devic’s syndrome or neuromyelitis optica in the English-language medical literature.
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ISSN:1477-0970
DOI:10.1177/1352458511411758