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. 1979 Sep;42(9):864–866. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.42.9.864

Association between polyneuritis and multiple sclerosis.

C Forrester, R G Lascelles
PMCID: PMC1082979  PMID: 228012

Abstract

We report two cases in which multiple sclerosis and inflammatory polyneuritis occurred separately, and suggest that this association supports the idea that the two conditions may have an aetiological link.

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