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Horner's Syndrome, An Unusual Manifestation of Multiple Sclerosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Colin R. Bamford*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Arizona Health Sciences Center, University of Arizona
Michael S. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Arizona Health Sciences Center, University of Arizona
William A. Sibley
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Arizona Health Sciences Center, University of Arizona
*
University of Arizona, Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona U.S.A. 85724
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The prevalence of Horner's syndrome in the MS patient population is 2 - 3%. Using pharmacologic testing in three patients the lesions were localized to the central or intermediate sympathetic neurons. It is likely that demyelination of the central sympathetic neuron accounts for this probable manifestation of MS.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1980

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