Neuromyelitis Optica

"Neuromyelitis Optica" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

Definition | Details | More General Concepts | Related Concepts | More Specific Concepts

A syndrome characterized by acute OPTIC NEURITIS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; demyelinating and/or necrotizing lesions in the OPTIC NERVES and SPINAL CORD; and presence of specific autoantibodies to AQUAPORIN 4.

Descriptor ID	D009471
MeSH Number(s)	C10.114.375.600.500 C10.114.375.800 C10.292.700.550.500 C10.314.350.600.500 C10.314.350.800 C11.640.576.695 C20.111.258.250.550.500 C20.111.258.250.775
Concept/Terms	Neuromyelitis Optica Neuromyelitis Optica NMO Spectrum Disorder NMO Spectrum Disorders Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Spectrum Disorder Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Spectrum Disorders Devic Neuromyelitis Optica Devic Neuromyelitis Opticas Neuromyelitis Optica, Devic Neuromyelitis Opticas, Devic Devic Disease Disease, Devic Devic Syndrome Syndrome, Devic Devic's Syndrome Devics Syndrome Syndrome, Devic's Devic's Neuromyelitis Optica Devics Neuromyelitis Optica Neuromyelitis Optica, Devic's Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Devic's Disease Devics Disease Disease, Devic's

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Neuromyelitis Optica".

Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System [C10.114]
Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS [C10.114.375]
Myelitis, Transverse [C10.114.375.600]
Neuromyelitis Optica [C10.114.375.600.500]
Neuromyelitis Optica [C10.114.375.800]
Cranial Nerve Diseases [C10.292]
Optic Nerve Diseases [C10.292.700]
Optic Neuritis [C10.292.700.550]
Neuromyelitis Optica [C10.292.700.550.500]
Demyelinating Diseases [C10.314]
Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS [C10.314.350]
Myelitis, Transverse [C10.314.350.600]
Neuromyelitis Optica [C10.314.350.600.500]
Neuromyelitis Optica [C10.314.350.800]
Eye Diseases [C11]
Optic Nerve Diseases [C11.640]
Optic Neuritis [C11.640.576]
Neuromyelitis Optica [C11.640.576.695]
Immune System Diseases [C20]
Autoimmune Diseases [C20.111]
Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System [C20.111.258]
Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS [C20.111.258.250]
Myelitis, Transverse [C20.111.258.250.550]
Neuromyelitis Optica [C20.111.258.250.550.500]
Neuromyelitis Optica [C20.111.258.250.775]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Neuromyelitis Optica".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Neuromyelitis Optica".

publications

Timeline | Most Recent

This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Neuromyelitis Optica" by people in this website by year, and whether "Neuromyelitis Optica" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 10 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2024

To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.

Year	Major Topic	Total
2011	2	2
2018	2	2
2021	1	1
2022	1	1
2023	1	1
2024	3	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Neuromyelitis Optica" by people in Profiles.

Chung YH, Han KD, Jung JH, Kwon S, Cho EB, Park J, Shin DW, Min JH. Migraine Risk in Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: A Nationwide Cohort Study in South Korea. Neuroepidemiology. 2025; 59(2):131-139.

View in: PubMed
Kwon S, Han KD, Jung JH, Cho EB, Chung YH, Park J, Choi HL, Jeon HJ, Shin DW, Min JH. Risk of depression and anxiety in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: A nationwide cohort study in South Korea. Mult Scler. 2024 May; 30(6):714-725.

View in: PubMed
Cho EB, Han K, Jung JH, Chung YH, Kwon S, Park J, Jin SM, Shin DW, Min JH. The risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: A nationwide cohort study. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2024 May; 85:105519.

View in: PubMed
Jung SY, Cho EB, Han KD, Jung JH, Yeo Y, Kong SH, Shin DW, Min JH. Risk of fracture in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and multiple sclerosis: a nationwide cohort study in South Korea. Osteoporos Int. 2023 May; 34(5):925-933.

View in: PubMed
Cho EB, Yeo Y, Jung JH, Jeong SM, Han K, Yang JH, Shin DW, Min JH. Acute myocardial infarction risk in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: A nationwide cohort study in South Korea. Mult Scler. 2022 10; 28(12):1849-1858.

View in: PubMed
Fragoso YD, Gomes S, Gon?alves MVM, Mendes Junior E, Oliveira BES, Rocha CF, Santos GACD, Tauil CB, Araujo RV, Peron JPS. New relapse of multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica as a potential adverse event of AstraZeneca AZD1222 vaccination for COVID-19. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2022 Jan; 57:103321.

View in: PubMed
Deng P, Krasnozhen-Ratush O, William C, Howard J. Concurrent LETM and nerve root enhancement in spinal neurosarcoid: A case series. Mult Scler. 2018 12; 24(14):1913-1916.

View in: PubMed
Baek SH, Kim JS, Jang MJ, Kim YH, Kwon O, Oh JH, Kang SY, Kang JH, Park KH, Park YS, Park KS, Shin DW, Kim BJ, Kim SM. Low body mass index can be associated with the risk and poor outcomes of neuromyelitis optica with aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G in women. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2018 11; 89(11):1228-1230.

View in: PubMed
Bomprezzi R, Powers JM, Shimizu J, Tsuji S, Weinshenker BG, Wingerchuk DM. IFN?-1b may severely exacerbate Japanese opticspinal MS in neuromyelitis optica spectrum: Japanese optic-spinal MS: is it MS or neuromyelitis optica and does the answer dictate treatment? Neurology. 2011 Jul 12; 77(2):195; discussion 195-6.

View in: PubMed
Bomprezzi R, Postevka E, Campagnolo D, Vollmer TL. A review of cases of neuromyelitis optica. Neurologist. 2011 Mar; 17(2):98-104.

View in: PubMed

People

Explore

Similar Concepts

Top Journals