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Internal capsule plaque and tonic spasms in multiple sclerosis.

D Maimone1, A T Reder, F Finocchiaro

  • 1Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, Ill.

Archives of Neurology
|April 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary

Multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses can cause temporary symptoms like spasms due to inflammation. These neurological symptoms and associated brain lesions may resolve over time, as seen in this patient case.

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Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Neuroimmunology
  • Neuroimaging

Background:

  • Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting the central nervous system.
  • Paroxysmal symptoms are sudden, transient neurological events that can occur in MS patients.
  • Demyelination, the loss of myelin sheath, is a hallmark of MS lesions.