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| Who is more likely to get MS? |
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| Where in the world is MS more prevalent? |
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| The further away you move from the equator |
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| Are very clean people more likely to develop MS? |
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| What's the clinical presentation of MS |
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1. 40% of people present w/ somatosensory or motor disorders
2. 35% present w/ visual symptoms |
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| What's the most common type of MS? |
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| Relapsing-remitting w/ or w/out accumulating disability |
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| Grossly how does MS manifest |
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| Discolored patches in the brain and SC |
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| If you were looking at an MRI, were would you find MS plaques in the brain |
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| Peri-ventricular areas, optic nerves |
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| Why do plaques manifest in MS? |
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| Demylenination, axonal damage, gilosis and inflammation in the CNS |
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| What's the etiology of MS? Hint there is 4 |
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1. Immune cell mediated damage
2. Humoral mediated damage
3. Degenerative pathology w/ apoptosis
4. Degenerative pathology w/ necrosis |
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| APC actives ______ which causes the release of _______ |
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