NMO, or Devic's disease, is the most likely diagnosis. NMO is an inflammatory demyelinating process that affects the central nervous system. There has been a long debate whether NMO should be ...

Autoimmune neurological diseases are conditions where the immune system attacks nerve cells. Damage to neuronal cells can lead to a variety of neurologic and psychiatric symptoms. Autoimmune diseases ...

Dear Dr. Roach • My 32-year-old daughter has been diagnosed with Devic disease. A year ago, she had five days of intravenous steroids to deal with optic neuritis. The optic nerve is 100 percent healed ...

Dear Dr. Gott: About a year and a half ago, I was diagnosed with NMO, or Devic's disease. It started with shingles and morphed into the NMO. My left side is numb, with my left hand hypersensitive. The ...