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Published in final edited form as: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2013 Aug 26;85(2):168–173. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-305979

Table 2.

Clinical symptoms and signs in MRI of subjects with MBD or a condition mimicking it

	MBD cases n = 153	MBD mimics n = 53

Symptom/sign	n (%)	n (%)
Altered mental state	123 (80·4)^‡	13 (24·5)
Impaired walking	104 (68·0)^‡	5 (9·4)
Loss of consciousness	80 (52·3)^‡	9 (17·0)
Dysarthria	62 (40·5)^‡	5 (9·4)
Impaired memory	59 (38·6)^‡	2 (3·8)
Signs of disconnection	55 (35·9)^‡	1 (1·9)
Pyramidal sign	37 (24·2)^‡	1 (1·9)
Seizures	32 (20·9)	17 (32·1)
Primitive reflexes	30 (19·6)^†	1 (1·9)
Mutism	28 (18·3)^*	2 (3·8)
Rigidity	25 (16·3)^†	0
Hemiparesis or tetraparesis	22 (14·4)	7 (13·2)
Sensory symptoms	21 (13·7)^*	1 (1.9)
Incontinence	17 (11·1)^†	0
Nystagmus	15 (9·8)	4 (7·5)
Ophtalmoplegia or gaze palsy	15 (9·8)^*	0
Facial palsy	8 (5·2)	1 (1·9)

^‡

p < 0.001,

^†

p < 0.01,

p < 0.05 for difference between cases and mimics