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Multiple sclerosis-like diagnosis as a complication of previously treated malaria in an iron and vitamin D deficient Nigerian patient.
Metabolic brain disease - 1 Feb 2016
van Rensburg Susan J, van Toorn Ronald, Moremi Kelebogile E, Peeters Armand V, Oguniyi Adesola, Kotze Maritha J
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In contrast to malaria, multiple sclerosis (MS) is infrequently found in Black Africans. We describe a 29 year old Nigerian female who developed an MS-like condition with symptoms similar to relapsing-remitting MS following malaria infection, leading to a diagnosis of MS. However, absence of hyperintense lesions in the brain and spinal cord presented a conundrum since not all the diagnostic criteria for MS were...
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