Acute aphasia in multiple sclerosis

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Devere, TR [1 ]
Trotter, JL [1 ]
Cross, AH [1 ]
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[1] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurol, St Louis, MO 63110 USA
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10.1001/archneur.57.8.1207
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Acute aphasia is rare in multiple sclerosis, We describe 3 patients with multiple sclerosis who had acute exacerbations presenting as aphasias. One patient had a mixed transcortical aphasia, 1 had a transcortical motor aphasia, and 1 had a Broca aphasia, Magnetic resonance imaging scans of the brain with contrast enhancement revealed new white matter lesions in the left hemisphere in all 3 patients. Two of the 3 patients had a good response to treatment with methylprednisolone sodium succinate.
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