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Recent Examples of multiple sclerosis
It can be associated with pregnancy, autoimmune conditions, cancer, multiple sclerosis or drug reactions.
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Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Women are about 2½ times more likely than men to develop multiple sclerosis and nine times more likely to develop lupus.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Years ago, my wife, who is since deceased, was in a wheelchair due to multiple sclerosis and pushing her on cobblestones was very difficult.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
The samples are key to his award-winning research, which seeks a cure to multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases.
—Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
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Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Women are about 2½ times more likely than men to develop multiple sclerosis and nine times more likely to develop lupus.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Years ago, my wife, who is since deceased, was in a wheelchair due to multiple sclerosis and pushing her on cobblestones was very difficult.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
The samples are key to his award-winning research, which seeks a cure to multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases.
—Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multiple sclerosis
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Born with mild cerebral palsy and a connective tissue disorder known as Marfan Syndrome, the 25-year-old ceramicist spent his adolescence in physical therapy working with putty and Play-Doh to build up dexterity and motor control.—
David Nash,
Architectural Digest,
26 Aug. 2025
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When his son Zain was born during his wife Anupama's 36th week of pregnancy after complications, the child arrived with severe cerebral palsy, fundamentally altering Nadella's perspective on leadership and life.—
Tarun Galagali,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Over the next 25 years, there would be 51.2 million cases of measles, 9.9 million cases of rubella and 4.3 million cases of poliomyelitis.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Cases of paralytic poliomyelitis disease plummeted from over 15,000 a year in the early 1950s to under 100 in the 1960s and then down to fewer than 10 in the 1970s.—
Dr. Céline Gounder,
CBS News,
15 Sep. 2022
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“Multiple sclerosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multiple%20sclerosis. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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