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Christina Applegate believes she was living with multiple sclerosis years before she was diagnosed

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Christina Applegate has revealed she experienced multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms for six or seven years before she was diagnosed.

The Dead to Me star, 52, opened up about living with the immune disorder - which disrupts the central nervous system - in an interview with Good Morning on Wednesday (13 March). Applegate was joined by her friend and alum, , who was also diagnosed with MS in 2001.

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