A patient comes to the clinic with complaints of blurred vision and muscle spasms that come and go, which have been occurring over the past several months. The patient is scheduled for an MRI and lumbar puncture with examination of the CSF. Which important patient history is important for the nurse to note?
A) The patient is a 22-year-old woman from Canada.
B) The patient is Caucasian and lives in the United States
C) The patient has a family history of epilepsy.
D) The patient has been depressed.
E) The patient's father had Parkinson's disease.
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