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Multiple sclerosis: renaming the notorious and historical diagnosis?

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  1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Hospital Kuwait, Street 104, Andalous, Kuwait

    Ahmad Jasem Abdulsalam

  2. Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

    Levent Özçakar

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Abdulsalam, A.J., Özçakar, L. Multiple sclerosis: renaming the notorious and historical diagnosis?. Neurol Sci 41, 2283–2284 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04291-y

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