Pathological laughter in a patient with multiple sclerosis.
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Pseudobulbar affect-such as pathological laughter or crying-is associated with several different neurologic diseases and is most frequently seen in patients with Alzheimer disease. However, many physicians do not recognize it as a symptom associated with multiple sclerosis. The present report describes a case of pathological laughter in a 56-year-old man who was diagnosed as having multiple sclerosis 20 years earlier.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
دوره 108 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008