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Christina Applegate says she was wrongly diagnosed with MS

BBC News Health · 21 October 2026 at 10:56

Christina Applegate says she was wrongly diagnosed with MS

Christina Applegate thought she was living with multiple sclerosis (MS) for five years, until recently discovering she had been given a wrong diagnosis.

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Christina Applegate says she was wrongly diagnosed with MS

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