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Motor Radiculopathy — An Unusual Presentation of Multiple Sclerosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

J.H. Noseworthy  and
L.P.M. Heffernan
J.H. Noseworthy
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
L.P.M. Heffernan*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
*
Room 210 Pavilion, Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 2Y9
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A 28 year old female presented with clinical and electrical evidence indicative of L5 motor radiculopathy. Subsequently she was found to have symptoms and signs of multiple sclerosis. When clinical assessment and investigation fail to disclose a cause then demyelinating disease should he considered in the differential diagnosis of motor radiculopath.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , August 1980 , pp. 207 - 209
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1980

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