Isolated third nerve palsies as the initial manifestation of multiple sclerosis
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Isolated cranial nerve palsies in multiple sclerosis.
During a 10 year period 24 patients with definite multiple sclerosis with isolated cranial nerve palsies were studied (third and fourth nerve: one patient each, sixth nerve: 12 patients, seventh nerve: three patients, eighth nerve: seven patients), in whom cranial nerve palsies were the presenting sign in 14 and the only clinical sign of an exacerbation in 10 patients. MRI was carried out in 20...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology: Clinical Practice
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2163-0402,2163-0933
DOI: 10.1212/cpj.0000000000000512