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Trigeminal nerve enhancement in multiple sclerosis without clinical correlation presents a mystery: a case report

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  1. Departments of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, MS Clinic, FMC and University of Calgary, 1403 29 Street NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9, Canada

    Heather Y. F. Yong, Jodie Roberts & Carlos R. Camara-Lemarroy

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Team gathered the clinical information, performed chart review and revised the manuscript. Team provided images and edited the content of the manuscript. CRCL and HYFY wrote the manuscript, CRCL approved the final version.

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Correspondence to Carlos R. Camara-Lemarroy.

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Dr. Heather Yong and Dr. Jodie Roberts have no relevant financial interest to disclose. Dr. Camara-Lemarroy reports personal fees from EMD SERONO, outside the submitted work.

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Yong, H.Y.F., Roberts, J. & Camara-Lemarroy, C.R. Trigeminal nerve enhancement in multiple sclerosis without clinical correlation presents a mystery: a case report. Acta Neurol Belg 122, 1399–1401 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-022-02013-z

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