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Oct 20 · Christina Applegate says she was misdiagnosed with MS

ABC News: Christina Applegate says she was misdiagnosed with MS

Grade A (100/100). Her words plus a doctor explains

Lehrer score 100/100 (no deductions). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → A.

Her podcast audio, then ABC's medical correspondent on how MS is diagnosed. The 20% figure is credited to a neurologist [1:02].

Agrees: She is “back at square one”

Splits: Most medical detail on diagnosis by exclusion

  • Met. Rule: do nothing I cannot defend (figure attributed)

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Same story: Entertainment Tonight, New York Post

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