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University of Texas Researchers Champion Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis by MRI.

By Jan Jarvis, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 15--Cindy Hartaway was 16 years old when double vision and facial numbness signaled that something was wrong.

But it would take seven years and more symptoms -- including paralysis in her right arm -- before she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

"Way back in the late '70s and '80s it was so hard to diagnose multiple sclerosis," said Hartaway, 42, of Allen. "Plus they didn't have MRIs back then."

Diagnosing multiple sclerosis is notoriously difficult and can take months, even years. But advances in imaging technologies could lead to a faster diagnosis, making it ...

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