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What can cause brain demyelination besides a demyelinating disease?

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Several: There are hereditary problems called leukodystrophies, toxins such as glue sniffing can damage brain myelin, paraneoplastic events associated with cancers can have some effect, and of course ms as the best known cause. But sometimes, other disorders seem similar and can masquerade.

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Answered 4/18/2018

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