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Multiple System Atrophy

What are the causes?

The cause of MSA is not known, and importantly is neither inherited nor contagious.

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Medical text written November 2000 by Professor C J Mathias. Last updated August 2005 by Professor C J Mathias, Professor of Neurovascular Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.

 

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