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. 1976 Oct;39(10):1008–1013. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.39.10.1008

Mental change as an early feature of multiple sclerosis

A C Young 1, J Saunders 1, J R Ponsford 1
PMCID: PMC492505  PMID: 1003237

Abstract

Five patients with mental change as a prominent and early feature of an illness which appeared to be multiple sclerosis are reported. All the patients had in addition clinical signs of predominant brain stem involvement and the cerebrospinal fluid findings were similar. It is emphasised that mental change may be an early feature of multiple sclerosis even in those patients in whom the onset of the disease is insidious.

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