title: [Devic's disease in an adolescent girl with juvenile dermatomyositis].
abstract: Devic's disease, also known as neuromyelitis optica, is an autoimmune inflammatory demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the optic nerve and spinal cord. Recently, Devic's disease was demonstrated to be a channelopathy due to the presence of antibodies against the water channel aquaporin-4 in the blood-brain barrier. There have been reports of Devic's disease in infancy, but there are few reported associations of Devic's disease with other diseases. The association of Devic's disease with dermatomyositis has not yet been described in the literature. The aim of this paper is to describe the first case of Devic's disease in an adolescent with juvenile dermatomyositis.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Reumatologia Pediátrica do Departamento de Pediatria, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Melissa Mariti
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Fraga
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Enedina Maria Lobato de
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Reumatologia Pediátrica do Departamento de Pediatria, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Claudio Arnaldo
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Len
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Fernanda
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Reumatologia Pediátrica do Departamento de Pediatria, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. Electronic address: teterreri@terra.com.br.
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Terreri
keywords: Adolescent; Adolescente; Dermatomiosite juvenil; Devic's disease; Juvenile dermatomyositis; Neuromielite óptica